Ranked #88 of 153 · scores higher than 43% of peers · safety percentile 25
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the safety percentile (higher = safer; 67+ earns the lower-risk grade)
23 peers with a safety percentile of 20–29, including COST · Click a bar to see the companies
Why “Higher relative risk”?
The measures below combine into a safety percentile of 25 among Consumer Defensive companies. It is relative: 67 or more is lower relative risk, 33–66 moderate, below 33 higher.
Mainly because of its beta and current ratio, which are weaker than most Consumer Defensive peers.
▼a share price that has swung more with the market: weaker than 91% of peers. Beta: 0.87 vs peer median 0.40
▼fewer short-term assets to cover bills due within a year: weaker than 73% of peers. Current ratio: 1.07× vs peer median 1.51×
●Debt / equity is close to the peer norm. Debt / equity: 0.17× vs peer median 0.42×
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 = COST, 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
