Operating margin

What survives of each dollar of sales after running the business.

When it lies. Only comparable inside an industry. A supermarket at 4% may be a better business than a software firm at 25%.

By sector

Sector	n	Median	25th	75th
Banks & insurers	37	28.3%	16.2%	35.9%
Utilities	53	23.2%	20.0%	28.1%
Financial services	31	21.5%	12.1%	27.5%
Real estate	30	20.0%	10.6%	49.9%
Technology	45	16.2%	7.2%	29.2%
Health care	44	14.1%	8.4%	22.3%
Energy	35	12.0%	1.8%	24.4%
Consumer discretionary	44	11.8%	4.9%	17.6%
Communications	31	10.9%	-3.5%	17.2%
Industrials	75	10.8%	5.6%	18.1%
Consumer staples	43	9.2%	3.3%	16.2%
Materials	46	7.7%	-2.3%	13.5%
not classified	2	-274.4%	-274.4%	2.2%

#	Ticker	Company	Sector	Operating margin
1	SUNB	Sunbelt Rentals Holdings	Consumer discretionary	86.9%
2	ALLY	Ally Financial	Banks & insurers	84.5%
3	GLPI	Gaming & Leisure Properties	Real estate	75.3%
4	BAM	Brookfield Asset Management	Financial services	74.2%
5	REG	Regency Centers	Real estate	72.3%
6	L	Loews	Banks & insurers	71.9%
7	VICI	VICI Properties	Real estate	70.4%
8	ACT	Enact Holdings	Financial services	69.5%
9	VRSN	Verisign	Technology	67.7%
10	RPRX	Royalty Pharma	Health care	65.6%
11	CME	CME Group	Financial services	64.9%
12	NNN	NNN Reit	Real estate	63.6%
13	NVDA	Nvidia	Technology	60.4%
14	MA	Mastercard	Financial services	57.6%
15	AM	Antero Midstream	Utilities	54.2%
16	VNO	Vornado Realty Trust	Real estate	52.5%
17	OHI	Omega Healthcare Investors	Real estate	52.5%
18	BSTT	Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust	Real estate	50.7%
19	UNIT	Uniti Group	Communications	50.3%
20	NEM	Newmont	Materials	50.0%

#	Ticker	Company	Sector	Operating margin
516	ASPI	ASP Isotopes	Materials	-636.0%
515	TDTH	Trident Digital Tech Holdings	Industrials	-321.9%
514	OCG	Oriental Culture Holding	not classified	-274.4%
513	SIDU	Sidus Space	Communications	-250.0%
512	SCLX	Scilex Holding	Health care	-147.4%
511	UAMY	United States Antimony	Materials	-81.3%
510	SEED	Origin Agritech	Consumer staples	-63.8%
509	RILY	BRC Group Holdings	Financial services	-50.5%
508	FMC	FMC	Materials	-47.0%
507	STEP	StepStone Group	Financial services	-44.7%