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How USA TODAY Co., Inc. stacks up
TDAY · against 153 other Communication Services companies of similar size
Profitability
30/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #101 of 154 · scores higher than 33% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score15 peers with a profitability score of 30–39, including TDAY · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 30?
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 84% of peers. Return on assets: -2.2% vs peer median 2.7%
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 64% of peers. Operating margin: 4.9% vs peer median 8.2%
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 6.3% vs peer median 6.0%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = TDAY, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | TDAY | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 141 reported | 6.3% | 4.4% | 59% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 153 reported | 4.9% | 6.8% | 39% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 150 reported | -2.2% | 1.9% | 21% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 142 reported | -20.7% | 4.1% | 11% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 155 reported | 39.5% | 37.7% | 53% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around TDAY| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 67.5B INR (≈$811M) | 100 | 35 | |
| 2 | 82.4B JPY (≈$560M) | 97 | 76 | |
| 2 | 6.3B SEK (≈$635M) | 97 | 66 | |
| 2 | 1.1B EUR (≈$1.2B) | 97 | 61 | |
| 5 | 598M CHF (≈$688M) | 96 | 59 | |
| 98 | 4.8B CNY (≈$677M) | 32 | 39 | |
| 100 | 926M USD | 31 | 39 | |
| 101 | 906.5B KRW (≈$653M) | 30 | 47 | |
| 101 | 3.4B CNY (≈$475M) | 30 | 52 | |
| 101 | 840M USD | 30 | 24 | |
| 104 | 10.5B CNY (≈$1.5B) | 29 | 34 | |
| 105 | 59.2B INR (≈$711M) | 28 | 41 | |
| 106 | 1.1B USD | 27 | 40 | |
| 107 | 3.6B CNY (≈$510M) | 26 | 39 |
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