Dixons Retail (LSE:DXNS) Debt-to-Equity : 25.41 (As of Apr. 2014)

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What is Dixons Retail Debt-to-Equity?

Dixons Retail's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2014 was £2 Mil. Dixons Retail's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2014 was £339 Mil. Dixons Retail's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2014 was £13 Mil. Dixons Retail's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2014 was 25.41.

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

LSE:DXNS' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0 Med: 0 Max: 0
Current: 25.26

LSE:DXNS's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked
in the Retail - Cyclical industry.
Industry Median: 0.62 vs LSE:DXNS: 25.26

Dixons Retail Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

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

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Dixons Retail Debt-to-Equity Chart

Dixons Retail Annual Data

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Debt-to-Equity

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0.60

0.82

1.06

2.48

25.41

Dixons Retail Semi-Annual Data
	Oct07	Oct08	Apr09	Oct09	Apr10	Oct10	Apr11	Oct11	Apr12	Oct12	Apr13	Oct13	Apr14
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial								1.06	1.80	2.48	33.39	25.41

Competitive Comparison of Dixons Retail's Debt-to-Equity

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Dixons Retail'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.

Dixons Retail's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Dixons Retail's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Dixons Retail Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Dixons Retail's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2014 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
	=	(2	+	338.5)	/	13.4
	=	25.41

Dixons Retail's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2014 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
	=	(2	+	338.5)	/	13.4
	=	25.41

Dixons Retail (LSE:DXNS) 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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Dixons Retail (LSE:DXNS) Business Description

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Dixons Retail PLC is an electrical retailer and service company which sell consumer electronics, personal computers, domestic appliances, photographic equipment, communication products and related services. The Group's reportable segments are; UK & Ireland comprises of electrical and computing retail chains as well as business to business activities. The division is engaged in multi-channel retail sales, associated peripherals and services and related financial and after sales services and also in business to business sales of computer hardware and software; Nordics operates in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands. The division engages in multi-channel retail sales and provided related product support services to its customers; Other International comprises operations in Italy, Greece, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Turkey and the business to be closed in Spain which is excluded from underlying results. The Other International division engages in retail sales and provides related product support services to its customers in all of its markets; and Pure play e-commerce comprises pure play online retailers and operates in all of the countries in which the other divisions operate and across Europe.

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