Stewart Information Services (Stewart Information Services) Debt-to-Equity : 0.42 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Stewart Information Services Debt-to-Equity?

Stewart Information Services's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0 Mil. Stewart Information Services's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $581 Mil. Stewart Information Services's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,371 Mil. Stewart Information Services's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.42.

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 Stewart Information Services's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

STC' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.1 Med: 0.19 Max: 0.49
Current: 0.43

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Stewart Information Services was 0.49. The lowest was 0.10. And the median was 0.19.

STC's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
67.8% of 382 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 0.25 vs STC: 0.43

Stewart Information Services Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Stewart Information Services's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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Stewart Information Services Debt-to-Equity Chart

Stewart Information Services Annual Data

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Debt-to-Equity

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0.30

0.22

0.49

0.44

0.42

Stewart Information Services Quarterly Data
	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.44	0.44	0.43	0.42	0.43

Competitive Comparison of Stewart Information Services's Debt-to-Equity

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Stewart Information Services'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.

Stewart Information Services's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Stewart Information Services's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Stewart Information Services's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

Stewart Information Services Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Stewart Information Services'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
	=	(0	+	580.944)	/	1371.411
	=	0.42

Stewart Information Services'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
	=	(0	+	580.944)	/	1371.411
	=	0.42

Stewart Information Services (NYSE:STC) 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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Stewart Information Services (Stewart Information Services) Business Description

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Address

1360 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 100, Houston, TX, USA, 77056

Website

https://www.stewart.com

Stewart Information Services Corp is a customer-focused, title insurance and real estate services company offering products and services to home buyers and sellers, mortgage lenders and servicers, attorneys, and home builders. It has three operating segments; Title insurance and related services include the functions of searching, examining, closing, and insuring the condition of the title to real property. It also includes home and personal insurance services, Real estate solutions segment supports the real estate mortgage industry by providing appraisal management services, online notarization and closing solutions, credit, and real estate information services, search and valuation services, and Corporate and Other segment is comprised of the parent holding company.

Executives

Helen Vaid	director	600 WEST CHICAGO AVE., STE 400, CHICAGO IL 60654
Frederick H Eppinger	director	THE HANOVER INSURANCE GROUP, INC., 440 LINCOLN ST, WORCESTER MA 01653
Bradley C Allen Jr	director	AMERISAFE INC, 2301 HIGHWAY 190 WEST, DERIDDER LA 70634
Elizabeth Giddens	officer: Chief Legal Officer; Secretary	10000 WEHRLE DRIVE, CLARENCE NY 14031
Hamm John Earl Jr.	officer: EVP, Chief Information Officer	1360 POST OAK BLVD., SUITE 100, HOUSTON TX 77056
Steven Mark Lessack	officer: Group President	1980 POST OAK BLVD., #800, HOUSTON TX 77056
Matthew Morris	director, officer: Chief Executive Officer	1905 SHARP PL, HOUSTON TX 77019
Corey William S. Jr.	director	C/O STEWART INFORMATION SERVICES CORP., 1360 POST OAK BLVD., SUITE 100 MC-14-1, HOUSTON TX 77056
Deborah Jane Matz	director	C/O STEWART INFORMATION SERVICES CORP., 1360 POST OAK BLVD., SUITE 100 MC-14-1, HOUSTON TX 77056
Emily Kain	officer: Chief Human Resource Officer	C/O STEWART INFORMATION SERVICES CORP., 1360 POST OAK BLVD., SUITE 100, MC-14-1, HOUSTON TX 77056
Glenn C Christenson	director	2411 W SAHARA AVENUE, LAS VEGAS NV 89102
James M Chadwick	director	C/O IMPERIAL HOLDINGS, INC., 701 PARK OF COMMERCE BLVD., #301, BOCA RATON FL 33487
Tara Smith	officer: Group President	STEWART INFORMATION SERVICES CORP., 1980 POST OAK BLVD., SUITE 710, HOUSTON TX 77056
Clifford Press	director	152 WEST 57TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10019
Robert Clarke	director	711 LOUISIANA STREET, SUITE 2900, HOUSTON TX 77002-2781