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How TAL Education Group stacks up
TAL · against 129 other Consumer Defensive companies of similar size
Profitability
68/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #54 of 130 · scores higher than 57% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score17 peers with a profitability score of 60–69, including TAL · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 68?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets, which is stronger than most Consumer Defensive peers.
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 9.7% vs peer median 7.7%
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 9.2% vs peer median 7.6%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 85% of peers. Return on assets: 8.9% vs peer median 4.0%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = TAL, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | TAL | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 124 reported | 9.7% | 11.8% | 42% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 130 reported | 9.2% | 9.9% | 47% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 122 reported | 8.9% | 5.2% | 78% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 122 reported | 23.7% | 12.1% | 83% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 130 reported | 56.0% | 37.3% | 84% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around TAL| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 235.8B INR (≈$2.8B) | 100 | 67 | |
| 2 | 443.8B INR (≈$5.3B) | 99 | 54 | |
| 2 | 114.2B MXN (≈$6.2B) | 99 | 57 | |
| 4 | 18.6B MYR (≈$4.1B) | 98 | 76 | |
| 4 | 3.5B USD | 98 | 73 | |
| 53 | 613.1B JPY (≈$4.2B) | 69 | 71 | |
| 54 | 154.7B ZAR (≈$8.5B) | 68 | 60 | |
| 54 | 82.5B MXN (≈$4.5B) | 68 | 60 | |
| 54 | 2.6B EUR (≈$2.9B) | 68 | 42 | |
| 54 | 5.5B USD | 68 | 84 | |
| 58 | 7.6B EUR (≈$8.4B) | 67 | 56 | |
| 59 | 2.9B USD | 66 | 55 | |
| 60 | 8.5B USD | 65 | 61 | |
| 61 | 98.3B TRY (≈$3.0B) | 64 | 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