Ranked #40 of 156 · scores higher than 75% of peers · safety percentile 78
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the safety percentile (higher = safer; 67+ earns the lower-risk grade)
18 peers with a safety percentile of 70–79, including GLIBA · Click a bar to see the companies
Why “Lower relative risk”?
The measures below combine into a safety percentile of 78 among Communication Services companies. It is relative: 67 or more is lower relative risk, 33–66 moderate, below 33 higher.
Mainly thanks to its current ratio, which is stronger than most Communication Services peers.
▼more borrowing relative to shareholders' equity: weaker than 67% of peers. Debt / equity: 0.70× vs peer median 0.37×
●Beta is not reported, so it is left out of the score.
▲more short-term assets to cover bills due within a year: stronger than 84% of peers. Current ratio: 3.37× vs peer median 1.38×
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 = GLIBA, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.
Metric
GLIBA
Peer median
Better than
Position among peers
Weight
Debt / equityLower is better · 145 reported
0.75×
0.26×
29%
33%
BetaLower is better · 152 reported
Not reported
0.63
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33%
Current ratioHigher is better · 152 reported
3.37×
1.48×
83%
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
