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How Manchester stacks up
MANU · against 104 other Communication Services companies of similar size
Profitability
23/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #95 of 105 · scores higher than 9% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score10 peers with a profitability score of 20–29, including MANU · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 23?
Weighted metrics compared with all Communication Services companies.Mainly because of its return on assets, operating margin and return on invested capital, which are weaker than most Communication Services peers.
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 86% of peers. Return on assets: -2.8% vs peer median 2.7%
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 67% of peers. Operating margin: 3.3% vs peer median 8.2%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 65% of peers. Return on invested capital: 2.3% vs peer median 6.0%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = MANU, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | MANU | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 95 reported | 2.3% | 8.1% | 27% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 105 reported | 3.3% | 12.7% | 21% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 103 reported | -2.8% | 3.5% | 5% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 100 reported | -25.0% | 8.4% | 7% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 106 reported | -3.6% | 49.7% | 0% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around MANU| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4.2B GBP (≈$5.4B) | 99 | 68 | |
| 1 | 3.9B GBP (≈$5.1B) | 99 | 68 | |
| 3 | 736.3B JPY (≈$5.0B) | 98 | 69 | |
| 3 | 385.6B JPY (≈$2.6B) | 98 | 76 | |
| 3 | 3.0B USD | 98 | 69 | |
| 92 | 2.9B USD | 26 | 57 | |
| 93 | 19.8B SEK (≈$2.0B) | 25 | 34 | |
| 94 | 2.9B USD | 24 | 28 | |
| 95 | 6.61T KRW (≈$4.8B) | 23 | 44 | |
| 95 | 3.7B USD | 23 | 23 | |
| 97 | 4.9B USD | 19 | 23 | |
| 97 | 4.1B USD | 19 | 44 | |
| 99 | 20.7B CNY (≈$2.9B) | 17 | 41 | |
| 100 | 2.2B EUR (≈$2.4B) | 14 | 46 |
Scores 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