Ranked #11 of 32 · scores higher than 68% of peers · safety percentile 80
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the safety percentile (higher = safer; 67+ earns the lower-risk grade)
4 peers with a safety percentile of 70–79, including HMH · Click a bar to see the companies
Why “Lower relative risk”?
The measures below combine into a safety percentile of 80 among Energy companies. It is relative: 67 or more is lower relative risk, 33–66 moderate, below 33 higher.
Mainly thanks to its current ratio and debt / equity, which are stronger than most Energy peers.
●Beta is not reported, so it is left out of the score.
▲less borrowing relative to shareholders' equity: stronger than 69% of peers. Debt / equity: 0.94× vs peer median 0.47×
▲more short-term assets to cover bills due within a year: stronger than 88% of peers. Current ratio: 2.97× vs peer median 1.37×
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 = HMH, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.
Metric
HMH
Peer median
Better than
Position among peers
Weight
Debt / equityLower is better · 31 reported
0.29×
0.44×
63%
33%
BetaLower is better · 29 reported
Not reported
0.55
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33%
Current ratioHigher is better · 33 reported
2.97×
1.53×
75%
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
