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How Ultrapar Participações S.A. stacks up
UGP · against 111 other Energy companies of similar size
Profitability
84/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #23 of 112 · scores higher than 79% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score14 peers with a profitability score of 80–89, including UGP · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 84?
Weighted metrics compared with all Energy companies.Mainly thanks to its return on invested capital, which is stronger than most Energy peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 79% of peers. Operating margin: 3.4% vs peer median 11.7%
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 5.0% vs peer median 4.4%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 97% of peers. Return on invested capital: 67.7% vs peer median 9.3%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = UGP, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | UGP | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 108 reported | 67.7% | 10.8% | 97% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 111 reported | 3.4% | 14.4% | 14% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 109 reported | 5.0% | 5.3% | 48% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 107 reported | 19.8% | 13.1% | 69% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 113 reported | 8.4% | 33.7% | 11% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around UGP| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6.9B EUR (≈$7.6B) | 100 | 76 | |
| 2 | 3.2B USD | 98 | 66 | |
| 2 | 5.2B USD | 98 | 93 | |
| 4 | 4.3B GBP (≈$5.6B) | 97 | 75 | |
| 5 | 6.1B CAD (≈$4.5B) | 95 | 66 | |
| 19 | 740.9B INR (≈$8.9B) | 85 | 70 | |
| 19 | 3.6B USD | 85 | 77 | |
| 19 | 4.6B CAD (≈$3.4B) | 85 | 63 | |
| 23 | 9.9B USD | 84 | 46 | |
| 23 | 6.0B USD | 84 | 62 | |
| 25 | 8.8B AUD (≈$5.8B) | 82 | 57 | |
| 25 | 5.1B EUR (≈$5.6B) | 82 | 71 | |
| 27 | 7.5B USD | 81 | 79 | |
| 27 | 4.4B USD | 81 | 65 |
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