Bringing the fundamentals into focus…
Bringing the fundamentals into focus…
LIN · against 4 other Basic Materials companies of similar size
Ranked #5 of 5 · scores higher than 0% of peers · safety percentile 24
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the safety percentile (higher = safer; 67+ earns the lower-risk grade)1 peers with a safety percentile of 20–29, including LIN · Click a bar to see the companies
Mainly because of its current ratio and debt / equity, which are weaker than most Basic Materials peers.
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 | LIN | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debt / equityLower is better · 5 reported | 0.69× | 0.63× | 0% | 33% | |
| BetaLower is better · 5 reported | 0.73 | 0.73 | 50% | 33% | |
| Current ratioHigher is better · 5 reported | 0.88× | 1.42× | 25% | 33% |
| Rank | Company | Market cap | Safety | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 149.9B USD | 75 | 76 | |
| 2 | 132.7B USD | 50 | 64 | |
| 3 | 198.6B USD | 47 | 70 | |
| 4 | 116.5B EUR (≈$128.2B) | 31 | 47 | |
| 5 | 235.8B USD | 24 | 51 |
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