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How Oil-Dri Corporation of America stacks up
ODC · against 524 other Basic Materials companies of similar size
Profitability
88/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #40 of 525 · scores higher than 92% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score46 peers with a profitability score of 80–89, including ODC · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 88?
Weighted metrics compared with all Basic Materials companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets, return on invested capital and operating margin, which are stronger than most Basic Materials peers.
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 73% of peers. Operating margin: 13.8% vs peer median 7.6%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 88% of peers. Return on invested capital: 24.0% vs peer median 6.7%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 93% of peers. Return on assets: 13.3% vs peer median 2.5%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = ODC, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | ODC | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 499 reported | 24.0% | 6.2% | 92% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 516 reported | 13.8% | 6.6% | 79% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 499 reported | 13.3% | 2.2% | 95% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 496 reported | 20.9% | 4.9% | 92% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 540 reported | 27.8% | 19.3% | 69% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around ODCScores 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