Clearfield (Clearfield) Debt-to-Equity

: 0.07 (As of Dec. 2023)

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Clearfield's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $9.6 Mil. Clearfield's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $10.0 Mil. Clearfield's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $300.1 Mil. Clearfield's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.07.

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

CLFD' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.02 Med: 0.04 Max: 0.25
Current: 0.07

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Clearfield was 0.25. The lowest was 0.02. And the median was 0.04.

CLFD's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
79.03% of 2194 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 0.28 vs CLFD: 0.07

Clearfield Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Clearfield'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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Clearfield Annual Data

Trend

Sep14

Sep15

Sep16

Sep17

Sep18

Sep19

Sep20

Sep21

Sep22

Sep23

Debt-to-Equity

0.03

0.02

0.25

0.07

Clearfield Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Debt-to-Equity																0.07	0.08	0.08	0.07	0.07

Competitive Comparison

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Clearfield'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.

Clearfield Debt-to-Equity Distribution

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

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

Clearfield Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Clearfield'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
	=	(12.138	+	10.629)	/	315.163
	=	0.07

Clearfield's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 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
	=	(9.557	+	9.973)	/	300.095
	=	0.07

Clearfield (NAS:CLFD) 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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Clearfield (Clearfield) Business Description

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Address

7050 Winnetka Avenue North, Suite 100, Brooklyn Park, MN, USA, 55428

Website

https://www.seeclearfield.com

Clearfield Inc mainly designs, manufactures, and distributes fiber protection, fiber management and fiber delivery solutions for communications networks. It provides a range of products including copper assemblies, cassettes, box enclosures, fiber connectors, frames, microduct, terminals, vaults, pedestal inserts, FieldSmart, WaveSmart, and CraftSmart. The company has a global presence with the majority of the revenue derived from the United States. The company has two reportable segments namely Clearfield segment and Nestor cables segment. The majority of revenue is derived from Clearfield segment.

Executives

Carol Ann Wirsbinski	director	7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., STE. 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Ronald G Roth	director	7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Jones Walter Louis Jr	director	7050 WINNETKA AVE N,, SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Roger G Harding	director	7050 WINNETKA AVE. N. SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Donald R. Hayward	director	7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Daniel R Herzog	other: Comptroller	7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Cheri B Podzimek	other: President of Subsidiary	7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
John P Hill	officer: Chief Operating Officer	7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Charles N Hayssen	director	7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Patrick Goepel	director	7050 WINNETKA AVE N, SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Clearfield, Inc.	director, officer: Chief Executive Officer	7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Zucherman Stephen L Md	director	7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Reddan John G Jr	director	7050 WINNETKA AVE. N., SUITE 100, BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Bruce G. Blackey	officer: Chief Financial Officer	5480 NATHAN LANE #120, PLYMOUTH MN 55442
Anil K Jain	director	4 WEST BAY LANE, NORTH OAKS MN 55127