Gooch & Housego (LSE:GHH) Debt-to-Equity : 0.33 (As of Sep. 2023)

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What is Gooch & Housego Debt-to-Equity?

Gooch & Housego's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was £1.5 Mil. Gooch & Housego's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was £37.6 Mil. Gooch & Housego's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was £119.7 Mil. Gooch & Housego's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.33.

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 Gooch & Housego's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:GHH' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.07 Med: 0.18 Max: 0.33
Current: 0.33

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Gooch & Housego was 0.33. The lowest was 0.07. And the median was 0.18.

LSE:GHH's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
53.26% of 2191 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 0.29 vs LSE:GHH: 0.33

Gooch & Housego Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Gooch & Housego's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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Gooch & Housego Debt-to-Equity Chart

Gooch & Housego Annual Data

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Sep23

Debt-to-Equity

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0.28

0.30

0.15

0.21

0.33

Gooch & Housego Semi-Annual Data
	Mar14	Sep14	Mar15	Sep15	Mar16	Sep16	Mar17	Sep17	Mar18	Sep18	Mar19	Sep19	Mar20	Sep20	Mar21	Sep21	Mar22	Sep22	Mar23	Sep23
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.15	0.18	0.21	0.22	0.33

Competitive Comparison of Gooch & Housego's Debt-to-Equity

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Gooch & Housego'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.

Gooch & Housego's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Gooch & Housego's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Gooch & Housego Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Gooch & Housego's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 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
	=	(1.453	+	37.551)	/	119.733
	=	0.33

Gooch & Housego's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 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
	=	(1.453	+	37.551)	/	119.733
	=	0.33

Gooch & Housego (LSE:GHH) 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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Gooch & Housego (LSE:GHH) Business Description

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Gooch & Housego PLC provides photonics technology and solutions to industrial, aerospace and defense, life sciences, and scientific research applications. The company's product portfolio consists of acousto-optics, crystal optics, Electro-optics, instrumentation, fiber optics, and precision optics. Its segments consist of Aerospace & Defence; Life Sciences; Industrial, which derives the key revenue; and Corporate. The majority of the revenue is derived from the sale of components and subsystems. Its operations are spread across the United Kingdom, USA, Continental Europe, and the Asia Pacific regions.

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