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How Stagwell Inc. stacks up
STGW · against 509 other Communication Services companies
Profitability
36/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #325 of 510 · scores higher than 36% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score51 peers with a profitability score of 30–39, including STGW · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 36?
Weighted metrics compared with all Communication Services companies.Mainly because of its return on assets and operating margin, which are weaker than most Communication Services peers.
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 71% of peers. Return on assets: 0.4% vs peer median 2.7%
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 65% of peers. Operating margin: 4.6% vs peer median 8.2%
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 5.5% vs peer median 6.0%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = STGW, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | STGW | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 460 reported | 5.5% | 6.0% | 48% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 506 reported | 4.6% | 8.2% | 35% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 496 reported | 0.4% | 2.7% | 29% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 475 reported | 2.4% | 5.4% | 40% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 513 reported | 35.8% | 46.2% | 35% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around STGW| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.62T JPY (≈$11.0B) | 100 | 79 | |
| 1 | 67.5B INR (≈$811M) | 100 | 35 | |
| 3 | 18.2B JPY (≈$124M) | 99 | 74 | |
| 3 | 7.9B TWD (≈$244M) | 99 | 73 | |
| 3 | 82.5B USD | 99 | 70 | |
| 325 | 24.0B HKD (≈$3.1B) | 36 | 41 | |
| 325 | 10.1B CNY (≈$1.4B) | 36 | 29 | |
| 325 | 3.5B THB (≈$97M) | 36 | 64 | |
| 325 | 15.6B THB (≈$438M) | 36 | 25 | |
| 325 | 2.6B USD | 36 | 34 | |
| 330 | 9.5B CNY (≈$1.3B) | 35 | 27 | |
| 330 | 22.4B JPY (≈$152M) | 35 | 62 | |
| 330 | 285M GBP (≈$370M) | 35 | 30 | |
| 330 | 29.8B SEK (≈$3.0B) | 35 | 29 |
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