Ranked #79 of 199 · scores higher than 61% of peers · safety percentile 56
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the safety percentile (higher = safer; 67+ earns the lower-risk grade)
17 peers with a safety percentile of 50–59, including CTVA · Click a bar to see the companies
Why “Moderate relative risk”?
The measures below combine into a safety percentile of 56 among Basic Materials companies. It is relative: 67 or more is lower relative risk, 33–66 moderate, below 33 higher.
Its metrics sit close to the Basic Materials norm.
▼more borrowing relative to shareholders' equity: weaker than 66% of peers. Debt / equity: 0.19× vs peer median 0.36×
●Beta is not reported, so it is left out of the score.
●Current ratio is close to the peer norm. Current ratio: 1.52× vs peer median 1.76×
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 = CTVA, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.
Metric
CTVA
Peer median
Better than
Position among peers
Weight
Debt / equityLower is better · 199 reported
0.57×
0.32×
32%
33%
BetaLower is better · 196 reported
Not reported
0.82
—
—
33%
Current ratioHigher is better · 183 reported
1.78×
1.78×
50%
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
