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 Buzzi Unicem SpA's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:
MIL:BZU'
s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.28 Med: 0.63 Max: 1.39
Current: 0.28
During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Buzzi Unicem SpA was 1.39. The lowest was 0.28. And the median was 0.63.
MIL:BZU's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than 61.56% of 333
companies
in the Building Materials industry
Industry Median: 0.38
vs MIL:BZU: 0.28
Buzzi Unicem SpA Debt-to-Equity Historical Data
The historical data trend for Buzzi Unicem SpA'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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Buzzi Unicem SpA Annual Data
Trend
Dec12
Dec13
Dec14
Dec15
Dec16
Dec17
Dec18
Dec19
Dec20
Dec21
Debt-to-Equity
0.53
0.40
0.37
0.37
0.28
Buzzi Unicem SpA Semi-Annual Data
Jun12
Dec12
Jun13
Dec13
Jun14
Dec14
Jun15
Dec15
Jun16
Dec16
Jun17
Dec17
Jun18
Dec18
Jun19
Dec19
Jun20
Dec20
Jun21
Dec21
Debt-to-Equity
0.37
0.37
0.37
0.33
0.28
Competitive Comparison
For the Building Materials subindustry, Buzzi Unicem SpA'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.
Buzzi Unicem SpA Debt-to-Equity Distribution
For the Building Materials industry and Basic Materials sector, Buzzi Unicem SpA's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Buzzi Unicem SpA's Debt-to-Equity falls into.
Buzzi Unicem SpA Debt-to-Equity Calculation
Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.
Buzzi Unicem SpA's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 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.
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.
Buzzi Unicem SpA Debt-to-Equity Related Terms
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Buzzi Unicem SpA manufactures and sells cement, ready-mix concrete, and aggregates. The company operates in two segments by product: cement and concrete/aggregates. The cement segment generates the majority of revenue, sells cement and cement-related products to the construction and building industries. The concrete and aggregates segment sells concrete and aggregates from hundreds of firm-owned concrete batch plants and aggregate quarries. The vast majority of Buzzi Unicem's revenue comes from Europe and North America.
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