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How Pitney Bowes Inc. stacks up
PBI · against 672 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
95/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #25 of 673 · scores higher than 95% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score75 peers with a profitability score of 90–100, including PBI · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 95?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly thanks to its return on invested capital, operating margin and return on assets, which are stronger than most Industrials peers.
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 78% of peers. Return on assets: 6.2% vs peer median 3.1%
- a wider operating margin: stronger than 89% of peers. Operating margin: 20.4% vs peer median 7.7%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 94% of peers. Return on invested capital: 31.5% vs peer median 7.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = PBI, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | PBI | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 641 reported | 31.5% | 8.3% | 93% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 676 reported | 20.4% | 8.7% | 87% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 635 reported | 6.2% | 3.7% | 77% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 631 reported | Not reported | 9.4% | — | — | Context only |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 679 reported | 54.1% | 26.9% | 93% | 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 PBI| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14.9B CNY (≈$2.1B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 1 | 13.8B HKD (≈$1.8B) | 100 | 89 | |
| 1 | 13.4B CNY (≈$1.9B) | 100 | 82 | |
| 4 | 173.6B JPY (≈$1.2B) | 99 | 83 | |
| 4 | 74.1B TWD (≈$2.3B) | 99 | 60 | |
| 25 | 1.7B USD | 95 | 70 | |
| 25 | 1.9B CHF (≈$2.2B) | 95 | 54 | |
| 25 | 1.1B EUR (≈$1.2B) | 95 | 73 | |
| 25 | 23.6B SEK (≈$2.4B) | 95 | 61 | |
| 25 | 2.1B USD | 95 | 59 | |
| 25 | 1.1B EUR (≈$1.2B) | 95 | 69 | |
| 38 | 157.1B JPY (≈$1.1B) | 94 | 69 | |
| 38 | 9.1B CNY (≈$1.3B) | 94 | 61 | |
| 38 | 15.9B CNY (≈$2.2B) | 94 | 77 |
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