Ranked #4 of 5 · scores higher than 25% of peers · safety percentile 20
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the safety percentile (higher = safer; 67+ earns the lower-risk grade)
2 peers with a safety percentile of 10–19, including AXP · Click a bar to see the companies
Why “Higher relative risk”?
The measures below combine into a safety percentile of 20 among Financial Services companies. It is relative: 67 or more is lower relative risk, 33–66 moderate, below 33 higher.
Mainly because of its beta and debt / equity, which are weaker than most Financial Services peers.
▼a share price that has swung more with the market: weaker than 75% of peers. Beta: 1.08 vs peer median 0.70
▼more borrowing relative to shareholders' equity: weaker than 74% of peers. Debt / equity: 1.72× vs peer median 0.57×
●Current ratio is close to the peer norm. Current ratio: 1.58× vs peer median 2.02×
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 = AXP, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.
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
