Sequans Communications (Sequans Communications) Debt-to-Equity : 7.70 (As of Sep. 2023)

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What is Sequans Communications Debt-to-Equity?

Sequans Communications's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $62.31 Mil. Sequans Communications's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $5.68 Mil. Sequans Communications's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $8.84 Mil. Sequans Communications's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 7.69.

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 Sequans Communications's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

SQNS' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -51.51 Med: 0.07 Max: 30.09
Current: 7.7

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Sequans Communications was 30.09. The lowest was -51.51. And the median was 0.07.

SQNS's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
99.43% of 882 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 0.26 vs SQNS: 7.70

Sequans Communications Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

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

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Sequans Communications Debt-to-Equity Chart

Sequans Communications Annual Data

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Dec22

Debt-to-Equity

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-9.74

-1.98

-1.85

-2.50

30.09

Sequans Communications Quarterly Data
	Dec18	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															13.19	30.09	-51.51	6.18	7.70

Competitive Comparison of Sequans Communications's Debt-to-Equity

For the Semiconductors subindustry, Sequans Communications'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.

Sequans Communications's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Sequans Communications's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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Sequans Communications Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Sequans Communications's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 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
	=	(12.205	+	51.096)	/	2.104
	=	30.09

Sequans Communications's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 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
	=	(62.314	+	5.684)	/	8.837
	=	7.69

Sequans Communications (NYSE:SQNS) 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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Sequans Communications (Sequans Communications) Business Description

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Sequans Communications SA is a designer, developer, and supplier of cellular semiconductor solutions for broadband Internet of Things (IoT) markets. Its solutions incorporate baseband processor and radio frequency, transceiver integrated circuits, along with its proprietary signal processing techniques, algorithms, and software stacks. The company's solutions serve as the core wireless broadband communications platform in devices, including smartphones, USB dongles, portable routers, laptops, netbooks, tablets, and other consumer multimedia and industrial devices. Its geographical segments are Taiwan, Korea, China (including Hong Kong), the Rest of Asia, the United States, and the Rest of the world.