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How Telecom Argentina S.A. stacks up
TEO · against 101 other Communication Services companies of similar size
Profitability
30/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #85 of 102 · scores higher than 16% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score12 peers with a profitability score of 30–39, including TEO · 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, return on invested capital and operating margin, which are weaker than most Communication Services peers.
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 79% of peers. Return on assets: -1.0% vs peer median 2.7%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 62% of peers. Return on invested capital: 3.0% vs peer median 6.0%
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 61% of peers. Operating margin: 5.4% vs peer median 8.2%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = TEO, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | TEO | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 93 reported | 3.0% | 8.9% | 32% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 102 reported | 5.4% | 13.7% | 28% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 100 reported | -1.0% | 3.7% | 7% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 96 reported | 10.8% | 8.9% | 55% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 103 reported | 76.5% | 52.8% | 77% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around TEO| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4.2B GBP (≈$5.4B) | 99 | 68 | |
| 1 | 3.9B GBP (≈$5.1B) | 99 | 68 | |
| 3 | 736.3B JPY (≈$5.0B) | 98 | 69 | |
| 3 | 385.6B JPY (≈$2.6B) | 98 | 76 | |
| 3 | 3.0B USD | 98 | 69 | |
| 82 | 18.5B CNY (≈$2.6B) | 32 | 33 | |
| 82 | 530.0B JPY (≈$3.6B) | 32 | 39 | |
| 84 | 24.7B CNY (≈$3.5B) | 31 | 43 | |
| 85 | 3.7B EUR (≈$4.1B) | 30 | 42 | |
| 85 | 4.5B USD | 30 | 63 | |
| 87 | 2.0B CHF (≈$2.3B) | 29 | 34 | |
| 88 | 7.0B USD | 28 | 44 | |
| 89 | 2.9B USD | 27 | 41 | |
| 90 | 2.9B USD | 26 | 57 |
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