Ranked #276 of 501 · scores higher than 45% of peers · safety percentile 52
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the safety percentile (higher = safer; 67+ earns the lower-risk grade)
49 peers with a safety percentile of 50–59, including TALK · Click a bar to see the companies
Why “Moderate relative risk”?
The measures below combine into a safety percentile of 52 among Healthcare 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 than most Healthcare peers.
▼a share price that has swung more with the market: weaker than 80% of peers. Beta: 1.12 vs peer median 0.63
●Debt / equity is not reported, so it is left out of the score.
▲more short-term assets to cover bills due within a year: stronger than 70% of peers. Current ratio: 4.52× 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 = TALK, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.
Metric
TALK
Peer median
Better than
Position among peers
Weight
Debt / equityLower is better · 466 reported
Not reported
0.17×
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33%
BetaLower is better · 474 reported
1.12
0.43
19%
33%
Current ratioHigher is better · 491 reported
4.52×
2.82×
67%
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
