Ranked #197 of 225 · scores higher than 13% of peers · safety percentile 7
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the safety percentile (higher = safer; 67+ earns the lower-risk grade)
34 peers with a safety percentile of 0–9, including VMET · Click a bar to see the companies
Why “Higher relative risk”?
The measures below combine into a safety percentile of 7 among Basic Materials companies. It is relative: 67 or more is lower relative risk, 33–66 moderate, below 33 higher.
Mainly because of its current ratio and debt / equity, which are weaker than most Basic Materials peers.
▼fewer short-term assets to cover bills due within a year: weaker than 92% of peers. Current ratio: 0.74× vs peer median 1.76×
▼more borrowing relative to shareholders' equity: weaker than 83% of peers. Debt / equity: 0.95× vs peer median 0.36×
●Beta is not reported, so it is left out of the score.
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 = VMET, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.
Metric
VMET
Peer median
Better than
Position among peers
Weight
Debt / equityLower is better · 209 reported
0.95×
0.36×
20%
33%
BetaLower is better · 214 reported
Not reported
1.08
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33%
Current ratioHigher is better · 226 reported
0.71×
2.28×
5%
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
