Ranked #409 of 458 · scores higher than 11% of peers · safety percentile 11
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the safety percentile (higher = safer; 67+ earns the lower-risk grade)
37 peers with a safety percentile of 10–19, including AQST · Click a bar to see the companies
Why “Higher relative risk”?
The measures below combine into a safety percentile of 11 among Healthcare companies. It is relative: 67 or more is lower relative risk, 33–66 moderate, below 33 higher.
Mainly because of its debt / equity and beta, which are weaker than most Healthcare peers.
▼Shareholders' equity is negative, so debt/equity counts as among the highest in its peer group. Debt / equity: — vs peer median 0.22×
▼a share price that has swung more with the market: weaker than 89% of peers. Beta: 1.49 vs peer median 0.63
▲more short-term assets to cover bills due within a year: stronger than 82% of peers. Current ratio: 7.19× vs peer median 2.59×
Risk is relative to the sector, not a bankruptcy probability. Banks and brokers carry high leverage by design, and share buybacks can shrink equity and current assets, which raises debt/equity on paper.
Metric by metric
Position: dot = AQST, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.
Metric
AQST
Peer median
Better than
Position among peers
Weight
Debt / equityLower is better · 425 reported
Not reported
0.18×
—
—
33%
BetaLower is better · 439 reported
1.49
0.43
9%
33%
Current ratioHigher is better · 452 reported
7.19×
2.84×
79%
33%
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
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
