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Gladstone Capital (Gladstone Capital) Debt-to-Equity

: 0.81 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Gladstone Capital's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $85.00 Mil. Gladstone Capital's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $253.36 Mil. Gladstone Capital's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $417.93 Mil. Gladstone Capital's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.81.

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 Gladstone Capital's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

GLAD' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.13   Med: 0.58   Max: 1.08
Current: 0.81

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Gladstone Capital was 1.08. The lowest was 0.13. And the median was 0.58.

GLAD's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
83.6% of 1018 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 0.19 vs GLAD: 0.81

Gladstone Capital Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Gladstone Capital's Debt-to-Equity 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.

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Gladstone Capital Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Debt-to-Equity
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.49 0.95 0.75 1.08 0.74

Gladstone Capital Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Debt-to-Equity Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.94 1.03 1.01 0.74 0.81

Competitive Comparison

For the Asset Management subindustry, Gladstone Capital'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.


Gladstone Capital Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Gladstone Capital's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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



Gladstone Capital Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Gladstone Capital's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Gladstone Capital's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

* 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.


Gladstone Capital  (NAS:GLAD) 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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Gladstone Capital (Gladstone Capital) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1521 Westbranch Drive, Suite 100, McLean, VA, USA, 22102
Gladstone Capital Corp is an externally managed, closed-end, non-diversified management investment company. Its investment objectives are to, achieve and grow current income by investing in debt securities of established businesses that would provide stable earnings and cash flow to pay expenses, make principal and interest payments on its outstanding indebtedness and make distributions to stockholders that grow over time; and provide its stockholders with long-term capital appreciation in the value of its assets by investing in equity securities of established businesses that can grow over time to permit it to sell its equity investments for capital gains.
Executives
Paula Novara director 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 100, MCLEAN VA 22102
Schaltenbrand Nicole Frances Dubas officer: CFO and Treasurer 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 100, MCLEAN VA 22102
Michael Licalsi other: Affiliate of External Adviser 1521 WESTBRANCH DR., MCLEAN VA 22102
Robert L Marcotte officer: President 1100 WILSON BOULEVARD, SUITE 3000, ARLINGTON VA 22209
David Gladstone director, officer: CEO 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 200, MCLEAN VA 22102
Caren D Merrick director 1521 WESTBRANCH, SUITE 100, MCLEAN VA 22102
Walter H Wilkinson director C/O RF MICRO DEVICES, INC., 7628 THORNDIKE ROAD, GREENSBORO NC 27409
Terry Lee Brubaker director, officer: COO C/O GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORP, 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE SUITE 200, MCLEAN VA 22102
John Dellafiora officer: Chief Compliance Officer 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 200, MCLEAN VA 22102
Melissa Morrison officer: Chief Accounting Officer 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 200, MCLEAN VA 22102
Jennifer A Smith officer: Valuation Officer 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 100, MCLEAN VA 22102
Michela A English director C/O GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORP, 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE SUITE 200, MCLEAN VA 22102
Anthony W Parker director C/O GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORP, 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE SUITE 200, MCLEAN VA 22102
Terry Earhart director 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE, SUITE 200, MCLEAN VA 22102
Paul W Adelgren director C/O GLADSTONE CAPITAL CORP, 1521 WESTBRANCH DRIVE SUITE 200, MCLEAN VA 22102