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Pulaski Financial (Pulaski Financial) Debt-to-Equity : 2.33 (As of Dec. 2015)


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What is Pulaski Financial Debt-to-Equity?

Pulaski Financial's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2015 was $0.00 Mil. Pulaski Financial's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2015 was $289.19 Mil. Pulaski Financial's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2015 was $124.00 Mil. Pulaski Financial's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2015 was 2.33.

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 Pulaski Financial's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

PULB's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked *
in the Banks industry.
Industry Median: 0.68
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-Equity only.

Pulaski Financial Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Pulaski Financial'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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Pulaski Financial Debt-to-Equity Chart

Pulaski Financial Annual Data
Trend Sep06 Sep07 Sep08 Sep09 Sep10 Sep11 Sep12 Sep13 Sep14 Sep15
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.40 1.10 1.15 2.06 1.97

Pulaski Financial Quarterly Data
Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15
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 1.75 1.05 2.20 1.97 2.33

Competitive Comparison of Pulaski Financial's Debt-to-Equity

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Pulaski Financial'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.


Pulaski Financial's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Banks Industry

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

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



Pulaski Financial Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Pulaski Financial's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2015 is calculated as

Pulaski Financial's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2015 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.


Pulaski Financial  (NAS:PULB) 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.


Pulaski Financial Debt-to-Equity Related Terms

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Pulaski Financial (Pulaski Financial) Business Description

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Pulaski Financial Corp was founded in 1922. The Company is a holding company for Pulaski Bank that provides financial products and services for businesses and retail customers through its thirteen full-service offices in the St. Louis metropolitan area and residential mortgage loan production offices in the St. Louis, Kansas City, Chicago and Omaha-Council-Bluffs metropolitan areas, mid-Missouri, southwestern Missouri, eastern Kansas, and Lincoln, Nebraska. Pulaski Bank is engaged in attracting deposits from individuals and businesses and using these deposits, together with borrowed funds, to originate and retain commercial real estate and commercial and industrial loans within its St. Louis lending market and one-to-four-family residential mortgage loans within its St. Louis, Kansas City and Omaha-Council Bluffs lending markets. In addition, the Bank originates one- to four-family residential mortgage loans for sale in the secondary market in the other markets. The Company competes for loans from other financial institutions, mortgage banking companies and mortgage brokers.
Executives
Stanley J Bradshaw director 900 ROOSEVELT PARKWAY, CHESTERFIELD MO 63017
Lee S Wielansky director PAUL HASTINGS, 75 EAST 55TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10022
Leon A Felman director 25 WEST BRENTMOOR PARK, CLAYTON MO 63105
Ramsey K Hamadi officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK & TRUST CO., 628 MAIN STREET, DANVILLE VA 24541
Christopher K Reichert director, officer: Executive Vice President C/O PULASKI FINANCIAL CORP, 12300 OLIVE BLVD, ST LOUIS MO 63141

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