Symetra Financial (Symetra Financial) Cash-to-Debt : 0.26 (As of Sep. 2015)

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What is Symetra Financial Cash-to-Debt?

Cash to Debt Ratio measures the financial strength of a company. It is calculated as a company's cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities divide by its debt. Symetra Financial's cash to debt ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2015 was 0.26.

If Cash to Debt ratio is less than 1, the company cannot pay off its debt using the cash in hand. Here we can see, Symetra Financial couldn't pay off its debt using the cash in hand for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2015.

The historical rank and industry rank for Symetra Financial's Cash-to-Debt or its related term are showing as below:

SYA's Cash-to-Debt is not ranked ^*
in the Insurance industry.
Industry Median: 1.885
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Cash-to-Debt only.

Symetra Financial Cash-to-Debt Historical Data

The historical data trend for Symetra Financial's Cash-to-Debt can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Note: An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Symetra Financial Cash-to-Debt Chart

Symetra Financial Annual Data

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Cash-to-Debt

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No Debt

0.54

0.29

0.17

0.23

Symetra Financial Quarterly Data
	Dec10	Mar11	Jun11	Sep11	Dec11	Mar12	Jun12	Sep12	Dec12	Mar13	Jun13	Sep13	Dec13	Mar14	Jun14	Sep14	Dec14	Mar15	Jun15	Sep15
Cash-to-Debt	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.16	0.23	0.33	0.43	0.26

Competitive Comparison of Symetra Financial's Cash-to-Debt

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Symetra Financial's Cash-to-Debt, along with its competitors' market caps and Cash-to-Debt data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Symetra Financial's Cash-to-Debt Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Symetra Financial's Cash-to-Debt distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Symetra Financial's Cash-to-Debt falls into.

Symetra Financial Cash-to-Debt Calculation

This is the ratio of a company's Balance Sheet Cash And Cash Equivalents to its debt. The debt includes the Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation. This ratio measures the financial strength of a company. This ratio is updated quarterly.

Symetra Financial's Cash to Debt Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as:

Cash to Debt Ratio	=	Balance Sheet Cash And Cash Equivalents	/	Total Debt
	=	Balance Sheet Cash And Cash Equivalents	/	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)
	=	158.8	/	(697.2	+	0)
	=	0.23

Symetra Financial's Cash to Debt Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2015 is calculated as:

Cash to Debt Ratio	=	Balance Sheet Cash And Cash Equivalents	/	Total Debt
	=	Balance Sheet Cash And Cash Equivalents	/	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)
	=	182.7	/	(0	+	697.5)
	=	0.26

Symetra Financial (NYSE:SYA) Cash-to-Debt Explanation

If Cash to Debt ratio is greater than 1, the company can pay off its debt using the cash in hand. If it is smaller than 1, it means the company has more debt than the cash in hands. In this case, it is important to look the the company's Interest Coverage. Ben Graham requires that a company must have an Interest Coverage of at least 5.

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Symetra Financial (Symetra Financial) Business Description

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Symetra Financial Corp was incorporated in 2004 under the laws of Delaware. It is a financial services company in the life insurance industry. Its products are distributed domestically in all states and the District of Columbia, through benefits consultants, financial institutions, and independent agents and advisers. The Company manages its business through three divisions, namely The Benefits division, which includes the Benefits segment, provides medical stop-loss insurance, group life and disability income (DI) insurance, and limited benefit medical insurance as its principal products; The Retirement division, which includes the Deferred Annuities and Income Annuities segments, provides single-premium fixed deferred annuities (fixed annuities, including fixed indexed annuities), variable deferred annuities and single premium immediate annuities (SPIAs) as its principal products; The Individual Life Division, which includes the Individual Life segment, offers retail products, such as universal life (UL) and term life insurance, and products sold to institutions, including bank-owned life insurance (BOLI) and variable corporate-owned life Insurance (COLI), as its principal products. The Company faces significant competition for customers and distributors from insurance and other non-insurance financial services companies, such as banks, broker-dealers and asset managers, in each of its businesses. The Company's insurance operations are subject to a wide variety of laws and regulations.

Executives

Warren E Buffett	10 percent owner	3555 FARNAM ST, STE 1440, OMAHA NE 68131
Berkshire Hathaway Inc	10 percent owner	3555 FARNAM STREET, OMAHA NE 68131
Thomas M Marra	director, officer: President, CEO	HARTFORD LIFE INC, 200 HOPMEADOW STREET, SIMSBURY CT 06089
Peter S Burgess	director	88 SHERWOOD DRIVE, GLASTONBURY CT 06033
Sander M. Levy	director	C/O VALIDUS HOLDINGS, 48 PAR-LA-VILLE ROAD, SUITE 1790, HAMILTON HM11 D0 HM11
Lowndes Andrew Smith	director	C/O WHITE MOUNTIAN INSURANCE GROUP, 80 S MIAN ST, HANOVER NH 03755
Robert R Lusardi	director	C/O WHITE MOUNTAINS INSURANCE GROUP, LTD, 80 SOUTH MAIN STREET, HANOVER NH 03755
General Reinsurance Corp	10 percent owner
General Re Corp	10 percent owner	120 LONG RIDGE RD., STAMFORD CT 06902
David Thomas Foy	director	C/O WHITE MOUNTAINS INSURANCE GROUP LTD, 80 SOUTH MAIN STREET, HANOVER NH 03755
Randall H Talbot	other: Former Director & Pres/CEO	777 108TH AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200, BELLEVUE WA 98124-1690

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