Helical Bar Plc risk profile
59 Elevated one input has moved against it
Measured 21 October 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 | 43 | Elevated | Stable | One-year price volatility — 30.6% |
| 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 | 54 | Elevated | Stable | Revenue-growth gap against peers — -35.2 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.