RWS Holdings (LSE:RWS) Debt-to-Equity

: 0.09 (As of Sep. 2023)

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RWS Holdings's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was £9.9 Mil. RWS Holdings's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was £76.2 Mil. RWS Holdings's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was £987.3 Mil. RWS Holdings's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.09.

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

LSE:RWS' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.07 Med: 0.21 Max: 0.29
Current: 0.09

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of RWS Holdings was 0.29. The lowest was 0.07. And the median was 0.21.

LSE:RWS's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
80.26% of 932 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 0.4 vs LSE:RWS: 0.09

RWS Holdings Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for RWS Holdings'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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RWS Holdings Annual Data

Trend

Sep14

Sep15

Sep16

Sep17

Sep18

Sep19

Sep20

Sep21

Sep22

Sep23

Debt-to-Equity

0.21

0.22

0.10

0.07

0.09

RWS Holdings Semi-Annual Data
	Mar14	Sep14	Mar15	Sep15	Mar16	Sep16	Mar17	Sep17	Mar18	Sep18	Mar19	Sep19	Mar20	Sep20	Mar21	Sep21	Mar22	Sep22	Mar23	Sep23
Debt-to-Equity																0.10	0.09	0.07	0.05	0.09

Competitive Comparison

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, RWS Holdings'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.

RWS Holdings Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, RWS Holdings's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

RWS Holdings Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

RWS Holdings'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
	=	(9.9	+	76.2)	/	987.3
	=	0.09

RWS Holdings's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter 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
	=	(9.9	+	76.2)	/	987.3
	=	0.09

RWS Holdings (LSE:RWS) 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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RWS Holdings (LSE:RWS) Business Description

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Address

Europa House, Chiltern Park, Chiltern Hill, Chalfont Saint Peter, Buckinghamshire, GBR, SL9 9FG

Website

https://www.rws.com

RWS Holdings PLC is a United Kingdom-based company that provides patent translation, intellectual property, and language support services. The company operates in four reportable segments; Language Services, Regulated Industries, IP Services, and Language, and Content Technology. The majority of revenue is derived from the Language services segment. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from the United States of America, while it also operates in Continental Europe, United States of America and Rest of the world.

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