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How The Simply Good Foods Company stacks up
SMPL · against 252 other Consumer Defensive companies of similar size
Profitability
2/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #250 of 253 · scores higher than 1% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score20 peers with a profitability score of 0–9, including SMPL · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 2?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.Mainly because of its return on assets, operating margin and return on invested capital, which are weaker than most Consumer Defensive peers.
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 98% of peers. Return on assets: -9.6% vs peer median 4.0%
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 97% of peers. Operating margin: -17.1% vs peer median 7.6%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 93% of peers. Return on invested capital: -11.1% vs peer median 7.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = SMPL, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | SMPL | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 239 reported | -11.1% | 7.6% | 7% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 252 reported | -17.1% | 7.8% | 2% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 241 reported | -9.6% | 3.6% | 0% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 239 reported | -12.2% | 7.7% | 7% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 254 reported | 33.3% | 29.8% | 59% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around SMPL| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4.0B MYR (≈$881M) | 99 | 71 | |
| 1 | 843M USD | 99 | 88 | |
| 3 | 4.0B MYR (≈$870M) | 98 | 67 | |
| 3 | 9.30T IDR (≈$577M) | 98 | 82 | |
| 5 | 50.3B INR (≈$604M) | 97 | 77 | |
| 247 | 4.8B HKD (≈$616M) | 3 | 32 | |
| 247 | 6.0B CNY (≈$835M) | 3 | 22 | |
| 247 | 4.4B CNY (≈$617M) | 3 | 23 | |
| 250 | 5.1B CNY (≈$709M) | 2 | 16 | |
| 250 | 1.1B USD | 2 | 33 | |
| 252 | 1.3B USD | 1 | 23 | |
| 253 | 1.1B USD | 0 | 31 |
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