J C Penney Inc's Competitiveness
A competitive positioning analysis and financial ratio benchmarking of J C Penney Inc (JCP) against its publicly traded competitors: sales growth, net income, profitability, valuation and market share, plus each peer's market capitalization, revenue, income and employees. Free below: the top 5 peers. Subscriber access adds the full competitor list and CSV downloads.
Key Findings: J C Penney Inc vs Its Competitors
- TTM: Trailing 12-month revenue of 7,531M vs -M combined for tracked competitors (100.0% combined share).
- Trending: Latest-quarter revenue run-rate is decelerating (-11.0% annualized vs trailing 12 months).
- Peer revenue share: J C Penney Inc accounted for 100.0% of combined revenue among its tracked peer group, up from 100.0% a year earlier.
Every figure above is sourced and cited in detail further down this page (Market Structure, Profitability & Cost Structure, Productivity vs Peers).
JCP Sales vs. its Competitors, Q3 2020
J C Penney Inc generated 100.00 % of the combined sales of its peer group, up from 100.00 % a year earlier.
For context: the Department & Discount Retail industry grew revenue -3.6% year over year, combined, vs -29.7% for J C Penney Inc. J C Penney Inc's share of combined industry revenue moved from 14.42% to 10.51%, a loss of 3.91 percentage points.
J C Penney Inc's Competitor Quality Breadth
Share of each group, trailing 12 months: profitable (net margin > 0), expanding (revenue growth > 0), growing faster than the industry's own median, and financially distressed (Piotroski F-Score of 2 or below).
| Entity | Profitable | Expanding | Above Industry Growth | Distressed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J c penney Company Inc | No | No | No | Yes |
| Similar Growth & Profitability (6) | 66.70 % (4 of 6) | 33.30 % (2 of 6) | 50.00 % (3 of 6) | 40.00 % (2 of 5) |
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. Altman Z-Score is not shown here: it is not populated in the underlying data for any company. Percentages are of companies in each group that report the relevant metric, not of the full group size.