Ranked #107 of 170 · scores higher than 37% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score
20 peers with a profitability score of 40–49, including WBS · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 49?
Weighted metrics compared with all Banks & Insurance companies.
Its metrics sit close to the Banks & Insurance norm.
●Return on equity is close to the peer norm. Return on equity: 10.7% vs peer median 10.7%
●Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 1.2% vs peer median 1.2%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = WBS, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.
Metric
WBS
Peer median
Better than
Position among peers
Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 146 reported
9.7%
10.7%
45%
Context only
Operating marginHigher is better · 20 reported
Not reported
13.6%
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Context only
Return on assetsHigher is better · 170 reported
1.2%
1.3%
41%
50%
Return on equityHigher is better · 168 reported
10.7%
12.5%
34%
50%
Gross marginHigher is better · 177 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
