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Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (Nippon Telegraph & Telephone) Debt-to-Equity

: 1.16 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Nippon Telegraph & Telephone's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $20,655 Mil. Nippon Telegraph & Telephone's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $53,404 Mil. Nippon Telegraph & Telephone's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $64,134 Mil. Nippon Telegraph & Telephone's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.15.

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 Nippon Telegraph & Telephone's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

NTTYY' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.44   Med: 0.53   Max: 1.18
Current: 1.16

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Nippon Telegraph & Telephone was 1.18. The lowest was 0.44. And the median was 0.53.

NTTYY's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
69.25% of 348 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 0.655 vs NTTYY: 1.16

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nippon Telegraph & Telephone'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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Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Debt-to-Equity
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.46 0.53 1.11 0.99 1.07

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone 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 1.13 1.07 1.12 1.08 1.16

Competitive Comparison

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Nippon Telegraph & Telephone'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.


Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Nippon Telegraph & Telephone's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Nippon Telegraph & Telephone's Debt-to-Equity falls into.



Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone'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.


Nippon Telegraph & Telephone  (OTCPK:NTTYY) 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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Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (Nippon Telegraph & Telephone) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
5-1, Otemachi 1-Chome, Otemachi First Square, East Tower, Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JPN, 100-8116
NTT owns NTT DoCoMo, the largest wireless operator in Japan, with 87.5 million subscribers. It also owns NTT East and NTT West, the two regional incumbent fixed-line operators in Japan, with about 12.1 million traditional fixed-line and 23.5 million broadband lines (around 72% of which are wholesaled). The firm also provides IT and communications systems integration via NTT Communications and 52.4%-owned NTT Data.

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