Ranked #15 of 15 · scores higher than 0% of peers · safety percentile 4
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 0–9, including MO · Click a bar to see the companies
Why “Higher relative risk”?
The measures below combine into a safety percentile of 4 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, current ratio and beta, which are weaker than most Consumer Defensive peers.
▼Shareholders' equity is negative, so debt/equity counts as among the highest in its peer group. Debt / equity: — vs peer median 0.42×
▼fewer short-term assets to cover bills due within a year: weaker than 97% of peers. Current ratio: 0.52× vs peer median 1.52×
▼a share price that has swung more with the market: weaker than 66% of peers. Beta: 0.46 vs peer median 0.41
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 = MO, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.
Metric
MO
Peer median
Better than
Position among peers
Weight
Debt / equityLower is better · 14 reported
Not reported
0.72×
—
—
33%
BetaLower is better · 15 reported
0.46
0.45
36%
33%
Current ratioHigher is better · 14 reported
0.52×
0.96×
0%
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
