Meta Data (Meta Data) Debt-to-Equity

: 21.52 (As of Aug. 2023)

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Meta Data's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 was $101.97 Mil. Meta Data's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 was $1.21 Mil. Meta Data's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 was $4.79 Mil. Meta Data's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 was 21.52.

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 Meta Data's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

AIU' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.14 Med: 0.44 Max: 21.52
Current: 21.52

During the past 9 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Meta Data was 21.52. The lowest was -0.14. And the median was 0.44.

AIU's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
99.11% of 224 companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 0.34 vs AIU: 21.52

Meta Data Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Meta Data'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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Meta Data Annual Data

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Aug16

Aug17

Aug18

Aug19

Aug20

Aug21

Aug22

Aug23

Debt-to-Equity

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1.53

9.39

-0.14

-0.13

21.52

Meta Data Semi-Annual Data
	Aug15	Aug16	Feb17	Aug17	Feb18	Aug18	Feb19	Aug19	Feb20	Aug20	Feb21	Aug21	Feb22	Aug22	Feb23	Aug23
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial											-0.14	-0.12	-0.13	-1.91	21.52

Competitive Comparison

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Meta Data'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.

Meta Data Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Meta Data's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Meta Data Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Meta Data's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023 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
	=	(101.969	+	1.212)	/	4.794
	=	21.52

Meta Data's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 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
	=	(101.969	+	1.212)	/	4.794
	=	21.52

Meta Data (NYSE:AIU) 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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Meta Data (Meta Data) Business Description

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Address

45-47 Au Pui Wan Street, Flat H 3/F, Haribest Industrial Building, Sha Tin New Territorie, Hong Kong, HKG

Website

https://www.aiumeta.com

Meta Data Ltd is engaged in artificial intelligent education service (AIE) and artificial intelligent universe (AIU) IAAS service. AIE is to build an intelligent training system based on intelligent training plat-from to provide the maximum immersive experience and the technical foundation for learning, and implementation in RT3D with 360-degree landscape. AIU IAAS service provides software & hardware infrastructure (IAAS) to Metaverse business operator or individual users. Company classified business segment into Artificial Intelligent Education (AIE) service and Artificial Intelligent Universe (AIU) IAAS service. The company generates all of its revenue in the PRC.

Executives

Yiheng Capital, Llc

10 percent owner

101 CALIFORNIA STREET, SUITE 2880, San Francisco CA 94111