Ranked #769 of 909 · scores higher than 15% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score
91 peers with a profitability score of 10–19, including WD · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 15?
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 92% of peers. Return on equity: 2.4% vs peer median 10.7%
▼a lower return on assets: weaker than 65% of peers. Return on assets: 0.9% vs peer median 1.2%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = WD, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.
Metric
WD
Peer median
Better than
Position among peers
Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 784 reported
0.2%
10.4%
6%
Context only
Operating marginHigher is better · 136 reported
8.7%
14.5%
39%
Context only
Return on assetsHigher is better · 913 reported
0.9%
1.2%
35%
50%
Return on equityHigher is better · 904 reported
2.4%
11.2%
8%
50%
Gross marginHigher is better · 951 reported
100.0%
0.0%
97%
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.
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
