Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the safety percentile (higher = safer; 67+ earns the lower-risk grade)
1 peers with a safety percentile of 20–29, including WMT · Click a bar to see the companies
Why “Higher relative risk”?
The measures below combine into a safety percentile of 27 among Consumer Defensive companies. It is relative: 67 or more is lower relative risk, 33–66 moderate, below 33 higher.
Mainly because of its current ratio, beta and debt / equity, which are weaker than most Consumer Defensive peers.
▼fewer short-term assets to cover bills due within a year: weaker than 87% of peers. Current ratio: 0.77× vs peer median 1.51×
▼a share price that has swung more with the market: weaker than 80% of peers. Beta: 0.59 vs peer median 0.40
▼more borrowing relative to shareholders' equity: weaker than 66% of peers. Debt / equity: 0.51× vs peer median 0.42×
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 = WMT, 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
