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How WESCO International, Inc. stacks up
WCC · against 224 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
50/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #171 of 225 · scores higher than 24% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score29 peers with a profitability score of 50–59, including WCC · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 50?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.A mix: stronger return on invested capital, but weaker operating margin than most Industrials peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 64% of peers. Operating margin: 5.4% vs peer median 7.7%
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 4.0% vs peer median 3.1%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 63% of peers. Return on invested capital: 10.2% vs peer median 7.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = WCC, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | WCC | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 208 reported | 10.2% | 12.2% | 40% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 224 reported | 5.4% | 12.1% | 16% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 216 reported | 4.0% | 5.4% | 38% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 213 reported | 14.3% | 15.7% | 45% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 227 reported | 21.4% | 30.3% | 28% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around WCC| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 69.3B CNY (≈$9.7B) | 100 | 71 | |
| 1 | 1.71T JPY (≈$11.6B) | 100 | 75 | |
| 1 | 2.78T INR (≈$33.3B) | 100 | 72 | |
| 1 | 25.6B USD | 100 | 50 | |
| 5 | 1.29T INR (≈$15.5B) | 99 | 69 | |
| 164 | 29.8B EUR (≈$32.8B) | 52 | 54 | |
| 169 | 2.17T JPY (≈$14.8B) | 51 | 60 | |
| 169 | 8.6B USD | 51 | 41 | |
| 171 | 2.11T JPY (≈$14.3B) | 50 | 60 | |
| 171 | 17.1B USD | 50 | 42 | |
| 173 | 1.39T INR (≈$16.7B) | 49 | 54 | |
| 173 | 12.5B USD | 49 | 56 | |
| 173 | 8.6B EUR (≈$9.5B) | 49 | 45 | |
| 176 | 1.94T INR (≈$23.3B) | 48 | 43 |
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