Ranked #52 of 113 · scores higher than 54% of peers · safety percentile 45
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the safety percentile (higher = safer; 67+ earns the lower-risk grade)
12 peers with a safety percentile of 40–49, including SQM · Click a bar to see the companies
Why “Moderate relative risk”?
The measures below combine into a safety percentile of 45 among Basic Materials companies. It is relative: 67 or more is lower relative risk, 33–66 moderate, below 33 higher.
A mix: stronger current ratio, but weaker beta and debt / equity than most Basic Materials peers.
▼a share price that has swung more with the market: weaker than 76% of peers. Beta: 1.02 vs peer median 0.69
▼more borrowing relative to shareholders' equity: weaker than 68% of peers. Debt / equity: 0.61× vs peer median 0.36×
▲more short-term assets to cover bills due within a year: stronger than 72% of peers. Current ratio: 2.60× 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 = SQM, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.
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
