Ranked #57 of 360 · scores higher than 84% of peers · safety percentile 84
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the safety percentile (higher = safer; 67+ earns the lower-risk grade)
36 peers with a safety percentile of 80–89, including MWH · Click a bar to see the companies
Why “Lower relative risk”?
The measures below combine into a safety percentile of 84 among Utilities companies. It is relative: 67 or more is lower relative risk, 33–66 moderate, below 33 higher.
Mainly thanks to its debt / equity, which is stronger than most Utilities peers.
●Beta is not reported, so it is left out of the score.
●Current ratio is close to the peer norm. Current ratio: 1.09× vs peer median 1.03×
▲less borrowing relative to shareholders' equity: stronger than 94% of peers. Debt / equity: 0.00× vs peer median 1.19×
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 = MWH, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.
Metric
MWH
Peer median
Better than
Position among peers
Weight
Debt / equityLower is better · 354 reported
0.10×
1.21×
94%
33%
BetaLower is better · 347 reported
Not reported
0.40
—
—
33%
Current ratioHigher is better · 347 reported
1.09×
1.05×
54%
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
