Centaur Media (LSE:CAU) Debt-to-Equity : 0.04 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Centaur Media Debt-to-Equity?

Centaur Media's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £0.95 Mil. Centaur Media's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £1.03 Mil. Centaur Media's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £45.07 Mil. Centaur Media's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.04.

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

LSE:CAU' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.04 Med: 0.07 Max: 0.29
Current: 0.04

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Centaur Media was 0.29. The lowest was 0.04. And the median was 0.07.

LSE:CAU's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
84.75% of 833 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 0.29 vs LSE:CAU: 0.04

Centaur Media Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

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

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Centaur Media Debt-to-Equity Chart

Centaur Media Annual Data

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0.07

0.05

0.04

Centaur Media Semi-Annual Data
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Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.05	0.07	-	0.06	0.04

Competitive Comparison of Centaur Media's Debt-to-Equity

For the Advertising Agencies subindustry, Centaur Media'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.

Centaur Media's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Centaur Media's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Centaur Media Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Centaur Media'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
	=	(0.952	+	1.025)	/	45.068
	=	0.04

Centaur Media'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
	=	(0.952	+	1.025)	/	45.068
	=	0.04

Centaur Media (LSE:CAU) 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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Centaur Media (LSE:CAU) Business Description

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Address

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Website

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Centaur Media PLC is a holding company engaged in providing business information, events, and marketing solutions to professional and commercial markets. The company's operating segment includes Xeim and The Lawyer. These two segments derive revenues from a combination of premium content, training and advisory, marketing services, events, marketing solutions and recruitment advertising. It generates maximum revenue from the Xeim segment. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from the United Kingdom and also has a presence in Europe excluding United Kingdom; North America, and Rest of world.

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