Helical Bar Plc risk profile
59 Elevated one input has moved against it
Measured 1 September 2026 from HLCL's filed statements. Recomputed nightly.
59 (Elevated), driven by Cash conversion at 85, over 5 weighted categories on the GENERAL profile.
What is measured
| Mechanism | Reading | Band | Direction | Driver |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market expectation | 36 | Normal | Stable | One-year price volatility — 30.4% |
| Operating pressure | 36 | Normal | Easing | Operating-margin drift — -28.2 percentage points |
| Cash conversion | 85 | Acute | Worsening | Capital spending against operating cash — -21.50x |
| Leverage and coverage | 78 | Stretched | Worsening | Net debt to EBITDA — 11.52x |
| Competitive position | 63 | Stretched | Stable | Revenue-growth gap against peers — -28.2 percentage points |
| Concentration | Reads identified supplier spend, customers above the 10% disclosure threshold and revenue by region. No reading is stored for this company. | |||
These are descriptive readings of disclosed mechanisms, not investment advice, and not a prediction. A band says where a measured input sits, never what to do about it or what happens next.