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How WESCO International, Inc. stacks up
WCC · against 2,439 other Industrials companies
Profitability
50/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #1,209 of 2,440 · scores higher than 50% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score244 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 · 2,323 reported | 10.2% | 7.1% | 63% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 2,434 reported | 5.4% | 7.7% | 36% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 2,336 reported | 4.0% | 3.1% | 59% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 2,300 reported | 14.3% | 8.0% | 75% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 2,460 reported | 21.4% | 25.8% | 39% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around WCCScores 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