Ranked #445 of 447 · scores higher than 0% of peers · safety percentile 1
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the safety percentile (higher = safer; 67+ earns the lower-risk grade)
39 peers with a safety percentile of 0–9, including NVAX · Click a bar to see the companies
Why “Higher relative risk”?
The measures below combine into a safety percentile of 1 among Healthcare companies. It is relative: 67 or more is lower relative risk, 33–66 moderate, below 33 higher.
Mainly because of its debt / equity and beta, which are weaker than most Healthcare peers.
▼Shareholders' equity is negative, so debt/equity counts as among the highest in its peer group. Debt / equity: — vs peer median 0.22×
▼a share price that has swung more with the market: weaker than 98% of peers. Beta: 2.44 vs peer median 0.63
●Current ratio is close to the peer norm. Current ratio: 2.33× vs peer median 2.59×
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 = NVAX, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.
Metric
NVAX
Peer median
Better than
Position among peers
Weight
Debt / equityLower is better · 424 reported
Not reported
0.21×
—
—
33%
BetaLower is better · 418 reported
2.44
0.50
2%
33%
Current ratioHigher is better · 433 reported
2.33×
2.80×
45%
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
