Ranked #151 of 253 · scores higher than 39% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score
27 peers with a profitability score of 30–39, including WAFD · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 33?
Weighted metrics compared with all Banks & Insurance companies.
Mainly because of its return on equity and return on assets, which are weaker than most Banks & Insurance peers.
▼a lower return on shareholders' equity: weaker than 70% of peers. Return on equity: 8.5% vs peer median 10.7%
▼a lower return on assets: weaker than 63% of peers. Return on assets: 0.9% vs peer median 1.2%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = WAFD, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.
Metric
WAFD
Peer median
Better than
Position among peers
Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 229 reported
5.1%
10.2%
24%
Context only
Operating marginHigher is better · 39 reported
Not reported
18.1%
—
—
Context only
Return on assetsHigher is better · 254 reported
0.9%
1.2%
37%
50%
Return on equityHigher is better · 252 reported
8.5%
9.9%
39%
50%
Gross marginHigher is better · 267 reported
0.0%
0.0%
0%
Context only
Metrics with no weight are context only: for banks, brokers and insurers, free cash flow, EBITDA, gross margin and current ratio mostly reflect trading and funding flows, not the health of the business.
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
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
