1. Your current metric value.
2. Benchmark median: the 50th percentile. Half of companies sit above this value and half below.
3. Bottom quartile: the lowest-performing 25% of companies.
4. Second quartile: 25% of companies, between the 25th percentile and the median.
5. Third quartile: 25% of companies, between the median and the 75th percentile.
6. Top quartile: the highest-performing 25% of companies.
The darker shaded area (quartiles 2 and 3) is the inter-quartile range, where the middle 50% of companies fall.
7. How you're performing relative to the median.
8. Benchmark confidence score:
- High: large sample size, high confidence in the results.
- Medium: moderate sample size, reasonable confidence in the results.
- Low: limited sample size, interpret results cautiously.