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How Medtronic plc stacks up
MDT · against 26 other Healthcare companies of similar size
Profitability
60/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #20 of 27 · scores higher than 23% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score5 peers with a profitability score of 60–69, including MDT · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 60?
Weighted metrics compared with all Healthcare companies.Mainly thanks to its operating margin, which is stronger than most Healthcare peers.
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 0.5% vs peer median 1.7%
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 7.0% vs peer median 4.7%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 77% of peers. Operating margin: 18.1% vs peer median 7.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = MDT, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | MDT | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 26 reported | 7.0% | 8.6% | 40% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 27 reported | 18.1% | 20.5% | 42% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 27 reported | 0.5% | 6.2% | 12% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 25 reported | 10.6% | 14.0% | 42% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 27 reported | 65.3% | 64.5% | 54% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around MDT| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11.26T JPY (≈$76.6B) | 99 | 72 | |
| 1 | 177.5B USD | 99 | 71 | |
| 3 | 534.1B HKD (≈$68.4B) | 96 | 75 | |
| 3 | 134.5B USD | 96 | 70 | |
| 5 | 155.7B USD | 94 | 64 | |
| 17 | 189.3B USD | 68 | 45 | |
| 17 | 161.8B USD | 68 | 50 | |
| 17 | 171.0B USD | 68 | 45 | |
| 20 | 84.5B EUR (≈$92.9B) | 60 | 51 | |
| 20 | 126.5B USD | 60 | 56 | |
| 22 | 78.1B USD | 59 | 60 | |
| 23 | 89.7B USD | 52 | 50 | |
| 24 | 116.9B USD | 44 | 47 | |
| 25 | 66.3B USD | 37 | 30 |
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