The Navigator Co (The Navigator Co) Debt-to-Equity : 0.56 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is The Navigator Co Debt-to-Equity?

The Navigator Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $116.04 Mil. The Navigator Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $679.32 Mil. The Navigator Co's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,434.29 Mil. The Navigator Co's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.55.

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 The Navigator Co's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

POELF' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.53 Med: 0.63 Max: 1.01
Current: 0.56

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of The Navigator Co was 1.01. The lowest was 0.53. And the median was 0.63.

POELF's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
53.58% of 265 companies
in the Forest Products industry
Industry Median: 0.51 vs POELF: 0.56

The Navigator Co Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

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

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The Navigator Co Debt-to-Equity Chart

The Navigator Co Annual Data

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Dec23

Debt-to-Equity

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0.90

1.01

0.85

0.63

0.56

The Navigator Co 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	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.63	0.55	0.62	0.58	0.56

Competitive Comparison of The Navigator Co's Debt-to-Equity

For the Paper & Paper Products subindustry, The Navigator Co'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.

The Navigator Co's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Forest Products Industry

For the Forest Products industry and Basic Materials sector, The Navigator Co's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

The Navigator Co Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

The Navigator Co's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 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
	=	(116.038	+	679.317)	/	1434.292
	=	0.55

The Navigator Co's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 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
	=	(116.038	+	679.317)	/	1434.292
	=	0.55

The Navigator Co (OTCPK:POELF) 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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The Navigator Co (The Navigator Co) Business Description

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Address

Mitrena - Apartado 55, Setubal, PRT, 2901-861

Website

http://www.thenavigatorcompany.com

The Navigator Co SA produces and sells pulp, paper, and energy. The company segments is based on product type. The market pulp segment, which sells pulp paper to international paper producers. The UWF segment, which sells paper through retail stores (B2C) and commercial distribution (B2B). Tissue segment, which sells tissue paper for private label to national and international retail chains. The Biomass renewable energy segment includes the cogeneration units and the two independent thermoelectric power plants and Support. The majority of revenue comes from Rest of Europe.