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Lonrho (FRA:LOY) Debt-to-Equity : 0.72 (As of Dec. 2012)


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What is Lonrho Debt-to-Equity?

Lonrho's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 was €36.9 Mil. Lonrho's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 was €95.5 Mil. Lonrho's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 was €185.3 Mil. Lonrho's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 was 0.71.

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

FRA:LOY' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.01   Med: 0.07   Max: 0.72
Current: 0.72

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Lonrho was 0.72. The lowest was 0.01. And the median was 0.07.

FRA:LOY's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked
in the Conglomerates industry.
Industry Median: 0.56 vs FRA:LOY: 0.72

Lonrho Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lonrho'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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Lonrho Debt-to-Equity Chart

Lonrho Annual Data
Trend Sep03 Sep04 Sep05 Sep06 Sep07 Sep08 Sep09 Sep10 Sep11 Dec12
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.08 0.24 0.33 N/A 0.72

Lonrho Semi-Annual Data
Mar02 Sep02 Mar03 Sep03 Mar05 Sep05 Mar06 Sep06 Mar07 Sep07 Mar08 Sep08 Mar09 Sep09 Mar10 Sep10 Mar11 Sep11 Jun12 Dec12
Debt-to-Equity Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 0.33 0.77 0.86 0.50 0.72

Competitive Comparison of Lonrho's Debt-to-Equity

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Lonrho'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.


Lonrho's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Lonrho's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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



Lonrho Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Lonrho's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2012 is calculated as

Lonrho's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 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.


Lonrho  (FRA:LOY) 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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Lonrho (FRA:LOY) Business Description

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Address
Level 2, 25 Berkeley Square, London, GBR, W1J 6HB
Lonrho PLC is engaged in providing the infrastructure and services required for the growing oil, mineral and agricultural sectors in Africa. The Company has a diverse portfolio of investments across Sub-Saharan Africa in four core operating sectors: Agribusiness, Infrastructure, Hotels and Support Services. Agribusiness vertically integrates the production, sourcing, logistics, processing and distribution of agricultural products from Sub-Saharan Africa to the consumer. The division supplies to its retailers in Sub-Saharan Africa, Europe, the USA, Middle East, Scandinavia and the Far East. The division also distributes agricultural and heavy machinery. Infrastructure division develops and manages oil logistics terminals. Luba Freeport, the oil service terminal in the Gulf of Guinea, has attracted oil service companies to be long term tenants at the port to service offshore exploration and production rigs. The Company's Hotel division includes hotels centred on the commercial, conference and business related markets across the Continent. It owns or manages hotels in Lubumbashi and Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Maputo in Mozambique, Gaborone in Botswana and Mutare in Zimbabwe. IT business is a full systems integrator and manager that designs, builds, develops and integrates IT solutions for large corporate clients, banks and governments and then undertakes management contracts to run and manage installations. The IT division is a distributor for Cisco, Microsoft, Dell and Hewlett Packard systems and equipment.

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