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How Vodafone Group Public Limited Company stacks up
VOD · against 30 other Communication Services companies of similar size
Profitability
44/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #24 of 31 · scores higher than 23% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score2 peers with a profitability score of 40–49, including VOD · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 44?
Weighted metrics compared with all Communication Services companies.Its metrics sit close to the Communication Services norm.
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 1.5% vs peer median 2.7%
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 3.6% vs peer median 6.0%
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 9.3% vs peer median 8.2%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = VOD, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | VOD | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 28 reported | 3.6% | 8.3% | 22% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 31 reported | 9.3% | 13.5% | 33% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 29 reported | 1.5% | 3.5% | 29% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 29 reported | 0.1% | 11.4% | 14% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 31 reported | 31.5% | 44.9% | 17% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around VOD| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3.54T JPY (≈$24.1B) | 98 | 77 | |
| 2 | 9.39T JPY (≈$63.9B) | 97 | 78 | |
| 3 | 18.5B USD | 96 | 81 | |
| 4 | 387.7B ZAR (≈$21.3B) | 91 | 68 | |
| 5 | 1.01T THB (≈$28.3B) | 90 | 52 | |
| 19 | 36.3B CHF (≈$41.7B) | 55 | 52 | |
| 21 | 39.1B EUR (≈$43.0B) | 51 | 44 | |
| 22 | 24.0B USD | 50 | 52 | |
| 23 | 67.0B SGD (≈$50.9B) | 47 | 56 | |
| 24 | 36.1B USD | 44 | 48 | |
| 25 | 18.8B EUR (≈$20.7B) | 39 | 36 | |
| 26 | 22.8B USD | 38 | 45 | |
| 27 | 165.2B HKD (≈$21.1B) | 34 | 58 | |
| 28 | 26.2B USD | 22 | 44 |
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