CA (CA) Debt-to-Equity : 0.32 (As of Sep. 2018)

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What is CA Debt-to-Equity?

CA's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 was $20 Mil. CA's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 was $2,506 Mil. CA's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 was $7,902 Mil. CA's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 was 0.32.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

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

CA's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked ^*
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 0.21
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-Equity only.

CA Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for CA's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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* 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.

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CA Debt-to-Equity Chart

CA Annual Data

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Debt-to-Equity

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0.32

0.22

0.36

0.49

0.47

CA Quarterly Data
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Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.47	0.49	0.47	0.35	0.32

Competitive Comparison of CA's Debt-to-Equity

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, CA's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity 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.

CA's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, CA's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where CA's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

CA Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

CA's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2018 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(269	+	2514)	/	5895
	=	0.47

CA's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(20	+	2506)	/	7902
	=	0.32

CA (NAS:CA) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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CA (CA) Business Description

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http://www.ca.com

CA Technologies develops and sells software and services through three business segments: mainframe solutions, enterprise solutions, and services. Mainframe solutions helps customers lower the cost of mainframe management and maintenance; enterprise solutions helps customers manage and service nonmainframe IT platforms; and the services business helps customers with implementation, training, and deployment. The mainframe solutions segment contributes over 50% of the firm's revenue and the majority of its profits.

Executives

Arthur F Weinbach	director	1981 MARCUS AVENUE, LAKE SUCCESS NY 11042
Jeffrey G Katz	director	520 MADISON AVENUE NEW YORK NY 10022
Lauren Patricia Flaherty	officer: EVP, Chief Marketing Officer	520 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Raymond J Bromark	director	520 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Jacob Lamm	officer: EVP, STRATEGY & CORPORATE DEV	520 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Christopher B Lofgren	director	520 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Michael P Gregoire	director, officer: Chief Executive Officer	C/O CA, INC., ONE CA PLAZA, ISLANDIA NY 11749
Rohit Kapoor	director	C/O EXLSERVICE HOLDINGS, INC., 320 PARK AVENUE 29TH FL, NEW YORK NY 10022
Laura S Unger	director	520 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Kieran J Mcgrath	officer: EVP and CFO	350 MT. KEMBLE AVENUE, MORRISTOWN NJ 07960
Jean M. Hobby	director	10000 WEHRLE DRIVE, CLARENCE NY 14031
Richard Sulpizio	director	520 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Anthony J. Radesca	officer: SVP, Chief Accounting Officer	520 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Nancy A. Altobello	director	520 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Ava Hahn	officer: EVP GC, Corp Sec & CECO	4650 CUSHING PARKWAY, C/O LAM RESEARCH, FREMONT CA 94538