Ranked #776 of 802 · scores higher than 3% of peers · safety percentile 3
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the safety percentile (higher = safer; 67+ earns the lower-risk grade)
81 peers with a safety percentile of 0–9, including KLC · Click a bar to see the companies
Why “Higher relative risk”?
The measures below combine into a safety percentile of 3 among Consumer Defensive companies. It is relative: 67 or more is lower relative risk, 33–66 moderate, below 33 higher.
Mainly because of its debt / equity and current ratio, which are weaker than most Consumer Defensive peers.
▼more borrowing relative to shareholders' equity: weaker than 98% of peers. Debt / equity: 1.99× vs peer median 0.42×
▼fewer short-term assets to cover bills due within a year: weaker than 89% of peers. Current ratio: 0.75× vs peer median 1.52×
●Beta is not reported, so it is left out of the score.
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 = KLC, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.
Metric
KLC
Peer median
Better than
Position among peers
Weight
Debt / equityLower is better · 784 reported
5.39×
0.44×
2%
33%
BetaLower is better · 792 reported
Not reported
0.32
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33%
Current ratioHigher is better · 788 reported
0.74×
1.53×
11%
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
