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Zenith Bank (NSA:ZENITH) Debt-to-Equity : 0.90 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Zenith Bank Debt-to-Equity?

Zenith Bank's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ₦0 Mil. Zenith Bank's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ₦2,554,786 Mil. Zenith Bank's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ₦2,844,805 Mil. Zenith Bank's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.90.

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

NSA:ZENITH' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.51   Med: 0.99   Max: 1.64
Current: 0.9

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Zenith Bank was 1.64. The lowest was 0.51. And the median was 0.99.

NSA:ZENITH's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
60.36% of 1395 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 0.65 vs NSA:ZENITH: 0.90

Zenith Bank Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Zenith Bank'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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Zenith Bank Debt-to-Equity Chart

Zenith Bank Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.79 1.13 0.89 0.91 0.72

Zenith Bank Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 0.95 0.91 1.12 0.72 0.90

Competitive Comparison of Zenith Bank's Debt-to-Equity

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Zenith Bank'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.


Zenith Bank's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Zenith Bank's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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



Zenith Bank Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Zenith Bank's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Zenith Bank's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 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.


Zenith Bank  (NSA:ZENITH) 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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Zenith Bank (NSA:ZENITH) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Plot 84/87, Ajose Adeogun Street, Zenith Heights, Victoria Island, Lagos, NGA
Zenith Bank PLC is a Nigeria- based company. Its core business is the provision of banking and other financial services to corporate and individual customers. The bank provides services such as granting of loans and advances, corporate finance and money market activities. It also provides banking and pension custodial services to a diverse group of corporations, financial institutions, investment funds, governments and individuals; provision of investment advisory, financial planning services and investment product offerings; providing brokerage services, financing services and securities lending services to institutional clients, including mutual funds, pension funds and to high-net-worth individuals. Revenue generated by bank consists of interest income, fees and commission received.

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