Ranked #15 of 434 · scores higher than 97% of peers · safety percentile 98
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the safety percentile (higher = safer; 67+ earns the lower-risk grade)
64 peers with a safety percentile of 90–100, including VGZ · Click a bar to see the companies
Why “Lower relative risk”?
The measures below combine into a safety percentile of 98 among Basic Materials companies. It is relative: 67 or more is lower relative risk, 33–66 moderate, below 33 higher.
Mainly thanks to its current ratio, which is stronger than most Basic Materials peers.
▼a share price that has swung more with the market: weaker than 87% of peers. Beta: 1.35 vs peer median 0.69
●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 99% of peers. Current ratio: 34.21× 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 = VGZ, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.
Metric
VGZ
Peer median
Better than
Position among peers
Weight
Debt / equityLower is better · 421 reported
Not reported
0.30×
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33%
BetaLower is better · 426 reported
1.35
0.59
10%
33%
Current ratioHigher is better · 416 reported
34.21×
1.92×
99%
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
