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How Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. stacks up
SPB · against 820 other Consumer Defensive companies
Profitability
29/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #580 of 821 · scores higher than 29% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score82 peers with a profitability score of 20–29, including SPB · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 29?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.Mainly because of its operating margin, return on assets and return on invested capital, which are weaker than most Consumer Defensive peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 69% of peers. Operating margin: 4.0% vs peer median 7.6%
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 69% of peers. Return on assets: 2.2% vs peer median 4.0%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 67% of peers. Return on invested capital: 4.1% vs peer median 7.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = SPB, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | SPB | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 761 reported | 4.1% | 7.7% | 33% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 817 reported | 4.0% | 7.6% | 31% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 784 reported | 2.2% | 4.0% | 31% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 770 reported | 4.5% | 8.3% | 33% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 824 reported | 37.5% | 32.0% | 61% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around SPBScores 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