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WhiteHorse Finance (WhiteHorse Finance) Debt-to-Equity

: 1.22 (As of Dec. 2023)
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WhiteHorse Finance's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.00 Mil. WhiteHorse Finance's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $386.45 Mil. WhiteHorse Finance's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $316.77 Mil. WhiteHorse Finance's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.22.

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 WhiteHorse Finance's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

WHF' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.56   Med: 0.9   Max: 1.36
Current: 1.22

During the past 12 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of WhiteHorse Finance was 1.36. The lowest was 0.56. And the median was 0.90.

WHF's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
90.09% of 1019 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 0.19 vs WHF: 1.22

WhiteHorse Finance Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for WhiteHorse Finance'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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WhiteHorse Finance Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-Equity
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.96 1.23 1.36 1.33 1.22

WhiteHorse Finance 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 1.33 1.28 1.31 1.24 1.22

Competitive Comparison

For the Asset Management subindustry, WhiteHorse Finance'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.


WhiteHorse Finance Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, WhiteHorse Finance's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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



WhiteHorse Finance Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

WhiteHorse Finance's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

WhiteHorse Finance'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.


WhiteHorse Finance  (NAS:WHF) 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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WhiteHorse Finance (WhiteHorse Finance) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1450 Brickell Avenue, 31st Floor, Miami, FL, USA, 33131
WhiteHorse Finance Inc is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. It makes debt investments in privately held; small-cap companies located in United States. Its investment objective is to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns for investors, primarily by originating senior secured loans to privately held small-cap companies across a broad range of industries.
Executives
John Bolduc director 1450 BRICKELL AVENUE, 31ST FLOOR, MIAMI FL 33131
Marco A. Collazos officer: Chief Compliance Officer 1450 BRICKELL AVENUE, 31ST FLOOR, MIAMI FL 33131
Stuart D Aronson director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O WHITEHORSE FINANCE, INC., 1450 BRICKELL AVENUE, 31ST FLOOR, MIAMI FL 33131
Joyson Thomas officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O WHITEHORSE FINANCE, INC., 1450 BRICKELL AVENUE, 31ST FLOOR, MIAMI FL 33131
G Stacy Smith director 300 CRESCENT COURT SUITE 1111, DALLAS TX 75201
Rick Patrick Frier director 11808 PLEASANT WYATT PLACE, CHARLOTTE NC 28277
Anthony Tamer 10 percent owner 1001 SOUTH BAYSHORE DRIVE, STE 2708, MIAMI FL 33131
Sami Mnaymneh 10 percent owner 1001 SOUTH BAYSHORE DRIVE, STE 2708, MIAMI FL 33131
Kevin Francis Burke director C/O WHITEHORSE FINANCE, INC., 1450 BRICKELL AVENUE, 31ST FLOOR, MIAMI FL 33131
Rick D Puckett director 440 S. CHURCH STREET, SUITE 700, CHARLOTTE NC 28202
Edward J. Giordano officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O H.I.G. CAPITAL, LLC, 1450 BRICKELL AVENUE, 31ST FLOOR, MIAMI FL 33131
Gerhard Lombard officer: Chief Financial Officer 600 FIFTH AVENUE, 19TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10020
Carvell James Demus Iii director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 200 CRESCENT COURT, SUITE 1414, DALLAS TX 75201
Tom C Davis director DEAN FOODS COMPANY, 2515 MCKINNEY AVE STE 1200, DALLAS TX 75201
William D Markert director, officer: CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER EVP - NETWORK FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, 1467 ASHBOURNE CIRCLE, SHAKOPEE MN 55379