Ranked #16 of 186 · scores higher than 92% of peers · safety percentile 85
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the safety percentile (higher = safer; 67+ earns the lower-risk grade)
16 peers with a safety percentile of 80–89, including HL · Click a bar to see the companies
Why “Lower relative risk”?
The measures below combine into a safety percentile of 85 among Basic Materials companies. It is relative: 67 or more is lower relative risk, 33–66 moderate, below 33 higher.
Mainly thanks to its debt / equity and current ratio, which are stronger than most Basic Materials peers.
▼a share price that has swung more with the market: weaker than 88% of peers. Beta: 1.37 vs peer median 0.69
▲more short-term assets to cover bills due within a year: stronger than 90% of peers. Current ratio: 5.20× vs peer median 1.76×
▲less borrowing relative to shareholders' equity: stronger than 92% of peers. Debt / equity: <0.01× vs peer median 0.36×
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 = HL, 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
