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Methode Electronics (Methode Electronics) Debt-to-Equity

: 0.43 (As of Jan. 2024)
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Methode Electronics's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $7 Mil. Methode Electronics's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $351 Mil. Methode Electronics's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $835 Mil. Methode Electronics's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 0.43.

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 Methode Electronics's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

MEI' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0   Med: 0.25   Max: 0.56
Current: 0.43

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Methode Electronics was 0.56. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.25.

MEI's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
62.2% of 2193 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 0.28 vs MEI: 0.43

Methode Electronics Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Methode Electronics'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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Methode Electronics Annual Data
Trend Apr14 Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23
Debt-to-Equity
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.42 0.48 0.29 0.25 0.36

Methode Electronics Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 0.25 0.36 0.40 0.43 0.43

Competitive Comparison

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Methode Electronics'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.


Methode Electronics Debt-to-Equity Distribution

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

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



Methode Electronics Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Methode Electronics's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2023 is calculated as

Methode Electronics's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 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.


Methode Electronics  (NYSE:MEI) 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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Methode Electronics (Methode Electronics) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
8750 West Bryn Mawr Avenue, Suite 1000, Chicago, IL, USA, 60631-3518
Methode Electronics Inc makes component and subsystem devices employing electrical, radio remote control, electronic, wireless, and sensing technologies. The firm is organized in various business segments: Automotive, Industrial, interface and Medical. The Automotive segment supplies electronic and electro-mechanical devices and related products to automobile. The Industrial segment manufactures external lighting solutions, industrial safety radio remote controls, braided flexible cables and custom power-product assemblies. The Interface segment provides a variety of copper and fiber-optic interface and interface solutions. The Medical segment is made up of the Company's medical device business, Dabir Surfaces, its surface support technology aimed at pressure injury prevention.
Executives
Donald W Duda officer: President
Walter J Aspatore director 255 E BROWN STREET, SUITE 120, BIRMINGHAM MI 48009
Lawrence B Skatoff director 200 SOUTH MICHIGAN AVE, CHICAGO IL 60604
Brian J Cadwallader director 5757 N GREEN BAY AVE, MILWAUKEE WI 53209
Darren Dawson director C/O METHODE ELECTRONICS, INC., 7401 WEST WILSON AVENUE, CHICAGO IL 60706
Joseph Elias Khoury officer: Vice President 7401 W. WILSON AVENUE, HARWOOD HEIGHTS IL 60706
Kerry A. Vyverberg officer: General Counsel 8750 W. BRYN MAWR AVE., SUITE 1000, CHICAGO IL 60631
Timothy Glandon officer: VP&GM NA Automotive 7401 W. WILSON AVENUE, CHICAGO IL 60706
Janie Goddard director C/O ACON - 1133 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, NW, SUITE 700, WASHINGTON DC 20036
Tsoumas Ronald L.g. officer: Controller & Treasurer 7401 W. WILSON AVE., CHICAGO IL 60706
Anil Shetty officer: VP Methode & Pres. Dabir Surf. 7401 WEST WILSON AVENUE, CHICAGO IL 60706
Kevin Michael Martin officer: Vice President, North America 8750 WEST BRYN MAWR AVENUE, SUITE 1000, CHICAGO IL 60631
Mary A Lindsey director 6565 N. MACARTHUR BLVD., SUITE 800, IRVING TX 75039
Therese M Bobek director 685 SKYE LN, INVERNESS IL 60010
David P Blom director 200 OLD WILSON BRIDGE RD, COLUMBUS OH 43085