Ranked #25 of 94 · scores higher than 74% of peers · safety percentile 58
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the safety percentile (higher = safer; 67+ earns the lower-risk grade)
8 peers with a safety percentile of 50–59, including SWX · Click a bar to see the companies
Why “Moderate relative risk”?
The measures below combine into a safety percentile of 58 among Utilities companies. It is relative: 67 or more is lower relative risk, 33–66 moderate, below 33 higher.
A mix: stronger debt / equity, but weaker beta than most Utilities peers.
▼a share price that has swung more with the market: weaker than 68% of peers. Beta: 0.56 vs peer median 0.46
●Current ratio is close to the peer norm. Current ratio: 1.12× vs peer median 1.03×
▲less borrowing relative to shareholders' equity: stronger than 65% of peers. Debt / equity: 0.85× 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 = SWX, 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
