Ranked #2 of 274 · scores higher than 100% of peers · safety percentile 100
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the safety percentile (higher = safer; 67+ earns the lower-risk grade)
49 peers with a safety percentile of 90–100, including MSB · Click a bar to see the companies
Why “Lower relative risk”?
The measures below combine into a safety percentile of 100 among Basic Materials companies. It is relative: 67 or more is lower relative risk, 33–66 moderate, below 33 higher.
Mainly thanks to its current ratio and beta, which are stronger than most Basic Materials peers.
●Debt / equity is not reported, so it is left out of the score.
▲a share price that has swung less with the market: stronger than 79% of peers. Beta: 0.34 vs peer median 0.69
▲more short-term assets to cover bills due within a year: stronger than 95% of peers. Current ratio: 8.81× vs peer median 1.76×
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 = MSB, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.
Metric
MSB
Peer median
Better than
Position among peers
Weight
Debt / equityLower is better · 262 reported
Not reported
0.28×
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—
33%
BetaLower is better · 269 reported
0.34
0.56
73%
33%
Current ratioHigher is better · 263 reported
8.81×
1.97×
91%
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
