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How Mesabi Trust stacks up
MSB · against 261 other Basic Materials companies of similar size
Profitability
97/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #4 of 262 · scores higher than 98% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score10 peers with a profitability score of 90–100, including MSB · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 97?
Weighted metrics compared with all Basic Materials companies.Mainly thanks to its operating margin and return on assets, which are stronger than most Basic Materials peers.
- Return on invested capital is not reported, so it is left out of the score.
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 100% of peers. Operating margin: 79.0% vs peer median 7.6%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 100% of peers. Return on assets: 86.7% vs peer median 2.5%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = MSB, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | MSB | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 239 reported | Not reported | 2.9% | — | — | 33% |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 251 reported | 79.0% | 3.6% | 100% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 259 reported | 86.7% | 0.7% | 100% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 252 reported | 32.1% | 1.5% | 96% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 279 reported | 100.0% | 17.1% | 98% | 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 MSB| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.9B MYR (≈$416M) | 98 | 81 | |
| 1 | 220M GBP (≈$286M) | 98 | 97 | |
| 1 | 143M GBP (≈$186M) | 98 | 95 | |
| 4 | 408M AUD (≈$269M) | 97 | 73 | |
| 4 | 368M USD | 97 | 84 | |
| 4 | 226M USD | 97 | 68 | |
| 7 | 428M CAD (≈$313M) | 96 | 55 | |
| 8 | 662M AUD (≈$437M) | 94 | 78 | |
| 8 | 301M USD | 94 | 88 | |
| 10 | 563M AUD (≈$371M) | 90 | 75 |
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