Ranked #838 of 1,373 · scores higher than 39% of peers · safety percentile 39
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the safety percentile (higher = safer; 67+ earns the lower-risk grade)
137 peers with a safety percentile of 30–39, including STE · Click a bar to see the companies
Why “Moderate relative risk”?
The measures below combine into a safety percentile of 39 among Healthcare companies. It is relative: 67 or more is lower relative risk, 33–66 moderate, below 33 higher.
Its metrics sit close to the Healthcare norm.
▼a share price that has swung more with the market: weaker than 72% of peers. Beta: 0.91 vs peer median 0.63
▼fewer short-term assets to cover bills due within a year: weaker than 62% of peers. Current ratio: 1.91× vs peer median 2.59×
●Debt / equity is close to the peer norm. Debt / equity: 0.26× vs peer median 0.22×
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 = STE, 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
