How NetEase, Inc. stacks up

NTES · against 149 other Communication Services companies listed in US-listed

Profitability

95/ 100

Near the top of its peers.

Ranked #6 of 150 · scores higher than 95% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score

17 peers with a profitability score of 90–100, including NTES · Click a bar to see the companies

Why profitability scores 95?

Weighted metrics compared with all Communication Services companies.

Mainly thanks to its return on assets, operating margin and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Communication Services peers.

a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 87% of peers. Return on invested capital: 25.0% vs peer median 6.0%
a wider operating margin: stronger than 92% of peers. Operating margin: 31.8% vs peer median 8.2%
a higher return on assets: stronger than 96% of peers. Return on assets: 15.7% vs peer median 2.7%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = NTES, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	NTES	Peer median	Better than	Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 146 reported	25.0%	7.8%	86%	33%
Operating marginHigher is better · 149 reported	31.8%	8.9%	93%	33%
Return on assetsHigher is better · 151 reported	15.7%	3.2%	92%	33%
Return on equityHigher is better · 137 reported	20.4%	7.4%	82%	Context only
Gross marginHigher is better · 151 reported	67.2%	56.5%	68%	Context only

Ranking by profitability score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around NTES

Rank	Company	Market cap	Profitability	Overall
1	AppLovin CorporationAPP · US-listed	82.5B USD	99	70
2	CarGurus, Inc.CARG · US-listed	3.0B USD	98	69
3	Array Digital Infrastructure, Inc.AD · US-listed	2.9B USD	97	80
4	EverQuote, Inc.EVER · US-listed	1.0B USD	96	87
4	Reddit, Inc.RDDT · US-listed	18.5B USD	96	81
6	Meta Platforms, Inc.META · US-listed	1.58T USD	95	67
6	Netflix, Inc.NFLX · US-listed	264.1B USD	95	59
6	NetEase, Inc.NTES · US-listed	74.4B USD	95	75
9	Match Group, Inc.MTCH · US-listed	9.0B USD	94	53
9	VEON Ltd.VEON · US-listed	5.4B USD	94	59
11	IDT CorporationIDT · US-listed	2.0B USD	93	65
11	Spotify Technology S.A.SPOT · US-listed	123.4B USD	93	58

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

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