Latin American Discovery Fund (Latin American Discovery Fund) Debt-to-Equity : 0.00 (As of Jun. 2018)

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What is Latin American Discovery Fund Debt-to-Equity?

Latin American Discovery Fund's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2018 was $0.00 Mil. Latin American Discovery Fund's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2018 was $0.00 Mil. Latin American Discovery Fund's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2018 was $71.71 Mil. Latin American Discovery Fund's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2018 was 0.00.

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 Latin American Discovery Fund's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

LDF's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked ^*
in the Asset Management industry.
Industry Median: 0.19
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-Equity only.

Latin American Discovery Fund Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Latin American Discovery Fund'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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Latin American Discovery Fund Debt-to-Equity Chart

Latin American Discovery Fund Annual Data

Trend

Dec17

Debt-to-Equity

Latin American Discovery Fund Semi-Annual Data
	Dec17	Jun18
Debt-to-Equity	-	-

Competitive Comparison of Latin American Discovery Fund's Debt-to-Equity

For the Asset Management subindustry, Latin American Discovery Fund'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.

Latin American Discovery Fund's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Latin American Discovery Fund's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Latin American Discovery Fund's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

Latin American Discovery Fund Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Latin American Discovery Fund's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2017 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	+	0)	/	86.601
	=	0.00

Latin American Discovery Fund's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2018 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	+	0)	/	71.714
	=	0.00

Latin American Discovery Fund (NYSE:LDF) 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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Latin American Discovery Fund (Latin American Discovery Fund) Business Description

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Traded in Other Exchanges

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Address

Website

https://www.morganstanley.com

Latin American Discovery Fund Inc is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is long-term capital appreciation through investments in equity and debt securities issued or guaranteed governmental entity.

Executives

City Of London Investment Group Plc	10 percent owner	77 GRACECHURCH STREET, LONDON X0 EC3V0AS
Eric J Carlson	officer: Portfolio Manager	MORGAN STANLEY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, 522 5TH AVENUE, FLOOR 20, NEW YORK NY 10036
Paul C Psaila	officer: Portfolio Manager	MORGAN STANLEY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, 522 5TH AVENUE, FLOOR 20, NEW YORK NY 10036
City Of London Investment Management Co Ltd	10 percent owner	77 GRACECHURCH STREET, LONDON X0 EC3V0AS
Patricia A Maleski	director	C/O J P MORGAN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC, 522 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10036
Timothy J Knierim	officer: CCO	100 MULBERRY STREET, NEWARK NJ 07102
Nancy Everett	director	1812 PARK AVE, RICHMOND VA 23220
Jakki L. Haussler	director	221 EAST FOURTH STREET, CINCINNATI OH 45202
Joseph C Benedetti	officer: Vice President	C/O INVESCO, 225 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK NY 10281
John H Gernon	officer: Principle Executive Officer	522 5TH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10036
Arthur Jason Lev	officer: President and PEO	522 5TH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10036
Gaite Ali	other: Portfolio Manager	522 5TH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10036
Sara Furber	officer: President and PEO	MORGAN STANLEY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, 522 FIFTH AVE, NEW YORK NY 10036
Mary Ann Picciotto	officer: CCO of the Advisor	LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC, 90 HUDSON STREET, JERSEY CITY NJ 07302
Frank J Smith	officer: PFO & Treasurer	C/O MORGAN STANLEY INVESTMENT MAN, 1221 AVENUE OF THE AVENUE 22ND FL, NEW YORK NY 10020

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