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How V.F. Corporation stacks up
VFC · against 222 other Consumer Cyclical companies of similar size
Profitability
29/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #197 of 223 · scores higher than 11% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score12 peers with a profitability score of 20–29, including VFC · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 29?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Cyclical companies.Mainly because of its return on invested capital, which is weaker than most Consumer Cyclical peers.
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 90% of peers. Return on invested capital: -5.2% vs peer median 7.3%
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 6.3% vs peer median 6.4%
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 4.0% vs peer median 3.3%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = VFC, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | VFC | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 213 reported | -5.2% | 11.0% | 5% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 223 reported | 6.3% | 10.0% | 33% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 211 reported | 4.0% | 4.8% | 37% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 199 reported | 17.9% | 13.8% | 60% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 224 reported | 55.0% | 34.3% | 81% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around VFC| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.48T JPY (≈$10.1B) | 100 | 96 | |
| 1 | 358.0B INR (≈$4.3B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 3 | 981.2B JPY (≈$6.7B) | 99 | 67 | |
| 3 | 4.6B USD | 99 | 80 | |
| 3 | 11.5B USD | 99 | 78 | |
| 194 | 53.5B CNY (≈$7.5B) | 30 | 45 | |
| 194 | 4.1B USD | 30 | 34 | |
| 197 | 681.8B JPY (≈$4.6B) | 29 | 50 | |
| 197 | 4.0B USD | 29 | 36 | |
| 197 | 7.9B USD | 29 | 26 | |
| 200 | 1.82T JPY (≈$12.4B) | 28 | 57 | |
| 201 | 6.5B EUR (≈$7.1B) | 26 | 49 | |
| 202 | 5.0B USD | 25 | 43 | |
| 203 | 1.32T JPY (≈$9.0B) | 23 | 47 |
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