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How Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. stacks up
PAA · against 400 other Energy companies
Profitability
51/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #196 of 401 · scores higher than 51% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score40 peers with a profitability score of 50–59, including PAA · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 51?
Weighted metrics compared with all Energy companies.A mix: stronger return on assets, but weaker operating margin and return on invested capital than most Energy peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 80% of peers. Operating margin: 3.1% vs peer median 11.7%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 62% of peers. Return on invested capital: 6.9% vs peer median 9.3%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 89% of peers. Return on assets: 10.6% vs peer median 4.4%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = PAA, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | PAA | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 383 reported | 6.9% | 9.3% | 38% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 398 reported | 3.1% | 11.7% | 20% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 391 reported | 10.6% | 4.4% | 89% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 384 reported | 10.2% | 10.5% | 49% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 405 reported | 5.5% | 33.2% | 5% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around PAA| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6.9B EUR (≈$7.6B) | 100 | 76 | |
| 1 | 22.9B USD | 100 | 72 | |
| 3 | 6.33T SAR (≈$1.71T) | 99 | 66 | |
| 3 | 400M EUR (≈$440M) | 99 | 77 | |
| 3 | 1.6B USD | 99 | 61 | |
| 192 | 6.1B EUR (≈$6.7B) | 52 | 43 | |
| 196 | 31.6B USD | 51 | 56 | |
| 196 | 4.7B AUD (≈$3.1B) | 51 | 47 | |
| 196 | 58.0B USD | 51 | 48 | |
| 196 | 18.2B USD | 51 | 64 | |
| 200 | 66.2B HKD (≈$8.5B) | 50 | 68 | |
| 200 | 404.0B BRL (≈$72.7B) | 50 | 39 | |
| 200 | 29.1B AUD (≈$19.2B) | 50 | 39 | |
| 200 | 1.4B CAD (≈$986M) | 50 | 67 |
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