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How The Macerich Company stacks up
MAC · against 759 other Real Estate companies
Profitability
11/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #673 of 760 · scores higher than 11% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score76 peers with a profitability score of 10–19, including MAC · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 11?
Weighted metrics compared with all Real Estate companies.Mainly because of its return on assets and return on invested capital, which are weaker than most Real Estate peers.
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 92% of peers. Return on assets: -2.0% vs peer median 2.1%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 73% of peers. Return on invested capital: 1.8% vs peer median 3.4%
- Operating margin is not reported, so it is left out of the score.
Metric by metric
Position: dot = MAC, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | MAC | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 739 reported | 1.8% | 3.4% | 27% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 728 reported | Not reported | 26.8% | — | — | 33% |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 741 reported | -2.0% | 2.1% | 8% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 721 reported | -6.2% | 5.2% | 14% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 763 reported | 54.9% | 53.9% | 52% | Context only |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around MACScores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score