Meezan Bank (KAR:MEBL) Debt-to-Equity : 0.22 (As of Mar. 2024)

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What is Meezan Bank Debt-to-Equity?

Meezan Bank's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ₨0 Mil. Meezan Bank's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ₨43,881 Mil. Meezan Bank's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ₨198,161 Mil. Meezan Bank's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.22.

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

KAR:MEBL' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.13 Med: 0.57 Max: 1.33
Current: 0.22

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Meezan Bank was 1.33. The lowest was 0.13. And the median was 0.57.

KAR:MEBL's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
80.96% of 1392 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 0.66 vs KAR:MEBL: 0.22

Meezan Bank Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Meezan Bank's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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Meezan Bank Debt-to-Equity Chart

Meezan Bank Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Debt-to-Equity

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0.64

0.62

1.33

1.01

0.72

Meezan 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															0.17	0.15	0.13	0.72	0.22

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

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Meezan 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.

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

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

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

Meezan Bank Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Meezan Bank's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year 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
	=	(0	+	135244.992)	/	188467.66
	=	0.72

Meezan Bank's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 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
	=	(0	+	43881.376)	/	198160.922
	=	0.22

Meezan Bank (KAR:MEBL) 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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Meezan Bank (KAR:MEBL) Business Description

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Address

Meezan House C-25, Estate Avenue, SITE, Karachi, SD, PAK, 75730

Website

https://www.meezanbank.com

Meezan Bank Ltd is an Islamic commercial bank registered in Pakistan. It is engaged in corporate, commercial, consumer, investment and retail banking activities. The group also provides credit facilities for import finance, export re-finance, long-term finance, documentary credit requirements and project financing needs of customers. In addition, it offers investment banking solutions, commercial banking as well as providing diverse financial solutions to small and medium enterprises. Its reportable segments are Corporate and Commercial Banking, Retail Banking, Trading and Sales, and Others. The Bank operates only in Pakistan.

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