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Goodman Fielder (NZSE:GFF) Debt-to-Equity : 0.58 (As of Dec. 2014)


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What is Goodman Fielder Debt-to-Equity?

Goodman Fielder's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 was NZ$1 Mil. Goodman Fielder's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 was NZ$724 Mil. Goodman Fielder's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 was NZ$1,256 Mil. Goodman Fielder's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 was 0.58.

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

NZSE:GFF's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked *
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry.
Industry Median: 0.41
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-Equity only.

Goodman Fielder Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Goodman Fielder'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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Goodman Fielder Debt-to-Equity Chart

Goodman Fielder Annual Data
Trend Jun05 Jun06 Jun07 Jun08 Jun09 Jun10 Jun11 Jun12 Jun13 Jun14
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.60 0.75 0.61 0.53 0.57

Goodman Fielder Semi-Annual Data
Jun06 Dec06 Jun07 Dec07 Jun08 Dec08 Jun09 Dec09 Jun10 Dec10 Jun11 Dec11 Jun12 Dec12 Jun13 Dec13 Jun14 Dec14
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 0.55 0.53 0.44 0.57 0.58

Competitive Comparison of Goodman Fielder's Debt-to-Equity

For the Confectioners subindustry, Goodman Fielder'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.


Goodman Fielder's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Goodman Fielder's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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



Goodman Fielder Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Goodman Fielder's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2014 is calculated as

Goodman Fielder's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 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.


Goodman Fielder  (NZSE:GFF) 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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Goodman Fielder (NZSE:GFF) Business Description

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Goodman Fielder Limited manufactures, markets & distributes food ingredients & consumer branded food, beverage & related products, including packaged bread & other related goods, biscuits, dairy products, small goods, flour, edible oils & meal components.