Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score
3 peers with a profitability score of 50–59, including RY · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 58?
Weighted metrics compared with all Banks & Insurance companies.
A mix: stronger return on equity, but weaker return on assets than most Banks & Insurance peers.
▼a lower return on assets: weaker than 64% of peers. Return on assets: 0.9% vs peer median 1.2%
▲a higher return on shareholders' equity: stronger than 79% of peers. Return on equity: 15.0% vs peer median 10.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = RY, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.
Metric
RY
Peer median
Better than
Position among peers
Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 9 reported
Not reported
11.5%
—
—
Context only
Operating marginHigher is better · 2 reported
Not reported
78.7%
—
—
Context only
Return on assetsHigher is better · 19 reported
0.9%
0.8%
61%
50%
Return on equityHigher is better · 19 reported
16.2%
12.8%
78%
50%
Gross marginHigher is better · 19 reported
0.0%
0.0%
0%
Context only
Metrics with no weight are context only: for banks, brokers and insurers, free cash flow, EBITDA, gross margin and current ratio mostly reflect trading and funding flows, not the health of the business.
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
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
