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How Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. stacks up
SFM · against 151 other Consumer Defensive companies listed in US-listed
Profitability
92/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #16 of 152 · scores higher than 89% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score21 peers with a profitability score of 90–100, including SFM · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 92?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.Mainly thanks to its return on invested capital and return on assets, which are stronger than most Consumer Defensive peers.
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 7.4% vs peer median 7.6%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 93% of peers. Return on assets: 11.6% vs peer median 4.0%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 94% of peers. Return on invested capital: 41.4% vs peer median 7.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = SFM, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | SFM | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 147 reported | 41.4% | 8.4% | 93% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 153 reported | 7.4% | 5.9% | 55% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 152 reported | 11.6% | 4.3% | 88% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 144 reported | 35.2% | 10.2% | 94% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 154 reported | 38.9% | 35.5% | 59% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around SFM| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 128.5B USD | 99 | 46 | |
| 1 | 324.2B USD | 99 | 54 | |
| 1 | 843M USD | 99 | 88 | |
| 4 | 3.5B USD | 98 | 73 | |
| 5 | 3.4B USD | 97 | 54 | |
| 10 | 187M USD | 94 | 78 | |
| 14 | 3.1B USD | 93 | 89 | |
| 14 | 1.9B USD | 93 | 85 | |
| 16 | 376.4B USD | 92 | 51 | |
| 16 | 4.9B USD | 92 | 64 | |
| 18 | 3.9B USD | 91 | 64 | |
| 19 | 25.2B USD | 90 | 65 | |
| 19 | 3.7B USD | 90 | 60 | |
| 19 | 139.6B USD | 90 | 53 |
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