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How NovaGold Resources Inc. stacks up
NG · against 361 other Basic Materials companies of similar size
Profitability
2/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #357 of 362 · scores higher than 0% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score17 peers with a profitability score of 0–9, including NG · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 2?
Weighted metrics compared with all Basic Materials companies.Mainly because of its return on assets and return on invested capital, which are weaker than most Basic Materials peers.
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 97% of peers. Return on assets: -16.2% vs peer median 2.5%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 97% of peers. Return on invested capital: -17.2% vs peer median 6.7%
- Operating margin is not reported, so it is left out of the score.
Metric by metric
Position: dot = NG, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | NG | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 345 reported | -17.2% | 8.5% | 1% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 357 reported | Not reported | 9.0% | — | — | 33% |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 337 reported | -16.2% | 3.3% | 1% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 334 reported | -24.6% | 8.1% | 3% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 366 reported | 0.0% | 25.0% | 2% | 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 NG| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 387.1B INR (≈$4.6B) | 100 | 63 | |
| 2 | 29.0B CNY (≈$4.1B) | 98 | 87 | |
| 2 | 73.0B MXN (≈$3.9B) | 98 | 82 | |
| 2 | 2.0B USD | 98 | 89 | |
| 2 | 2.0B AUD (≈$1.3B) | 98 | 74 | |
| 355 | 202.3B INR (≈$2.4B) | 5 | 25 | |
| 356 | 7.0B SAR (≈$1.9B) | 4 | 20 | |
| 357 | 2.5B USD | 2 | 35 | |
| 357 | 1.5B USD | 2 | 34 | |
| 357 | 2.5B USD | 2 | 34 | |
| 357 | 2.0B USD | 2 | 36 | |
| 357 | 3.3B USD | 2 | 38 | |
| 362 | 4.7B USD | 0 | 24 |
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