Ranked #28 of 58 · scores higher than 53% of peers · safety percentile 40
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the safety percentile (higher = safer; 67+ earns the lower-risk grade)
8 peers with a safety percentile of 40–49, including CMS · Click a bar to see the companies
Why “Moderate relative risk”?
The measures below combine into a safety percentile of 40 among Utilities companies. It is relative: 67 or more is lower relative risk, 33–66 moderate, below 33 higher.
A mix: stronger beta, but weaker debt / equity than most Utilities peers.
▼more borrowing relative to shareholders' equity: weaker than 79% of peers. Debt / equity: 1.95× vs peer median 1.19×
●Current ratio is close to the peer norm. Current ratio: 0.94× vs peer median 1.03×
▲a share price that has swung less with the market: stronger than 61% of peers. Beta: 0.31 vs peer median 0.46
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 = CMS, 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
