Aqua Metals (Aqua Metals) Debt-to-Equity : 0.12 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Aqua Metals Debt-to-Equity?

Aqua Metals's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.31 Mil. Aqua Metals's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.92 Mil. Aqua Metals's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $26.06 Mil. Aqua Metals's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.12.

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

AQMS' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -6.62 Med: 0.18 Max: 0.31
Current: 0.12

During the past 10 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Aqua Metals was 0.31. The lowest was -6.62. And the median was 0.18.

AQMS's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
82.14% of 224 companies
in the Waste Management industry
Industry Median: 0.69 vs AQMS: 0.12

Aqua Metals Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

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

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Aqua Metals Debt-to-Equity Chart

Aqua Metals Annual Data

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Dec23

Debt-to-Equity

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0.20

0.04

0.03

0.31

0.12

Aqua Metals 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	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.31	0.49	0.21	0.09	0.12

Competitive Comparison of Aqua Metals's Debt-to-Equity

For the Waste Management subindustry, Aqua Metals'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.

Aqua Metals's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Waste Management Industry

For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, Aqua Metals's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Aqua Metals Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Aqua Metals'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
	=	(0.31	+	2.923)	/	26.064
	=	0.12

Aqua Metals'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
	=	(0.31	+	2.923)	/	26.064
	=	0.12

Aqua Metals (NAS:AQMS) 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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Aqua Metals (Aqua Metals) Business Description

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Address

5370 Kietzke Lane, Suite 201, Reno, NV, USA, 89511

Website

https://www.aquametals.com

Aqua Metals Inc is a United States-based company engaged in the business of recycling Lead through a novel, proprietary and patent-pending process that it developed and named AquaRefining. The company's breakthrough, AquaRefining, delivers a product, at a higher yield, eliminates toxic waste, reduces permitting and is less expensive to build than smelting. AquaRefining process will provide for the recycling of Lead acid batteries and the production of a pure grade Lead with a significantly lower cost of production, and with fewer environmental and regulatory issues, than conventional methods of Lead production.

Executives

Vincent L Divito	director	329 DOLPHIN LANE, WEST BABYLON NY 11704
Sung Yi	director	C/O AQUA METALS.COM, 5370 KIETZKE LN SUITE 201, RENO NV 89511
Peifang Zhang	director	21640 E. BRIARWOOD DR., AURORA CO 80016
Edward J Smith	director	635 HOOD ROAD, MARKHAM A6 L3R 4N6
David Kanen	director	6429 NW 65TH WAY, PARKLAND FL 33067
Philotimo Fund, Lp	other: Passive Investor	5850 CORAL RIDGE DRIVE, SUITE 309, CORAL SPRINGS FL 33076
Kanen Wealth Management Llc	other: Passive Investor	5850 CORAL RIDGE DRIVE, SUITE 309, CORAL SPRINGS FL 33076
David Mcmurtry	officer: Chief Business Officer	C/O AQUA METALS.COM, 5370 KIETZKE LN SUITE 201, RENO NV 89511
Stephen Cotton	officer: Chief Commercial Officer	1010 ATLANTIC AVE, ALAMEDA CA 94501
Benjamin S. Taecker	officer: Chief Eng and Opr Officer	C/O AQUA METALS, 2500 PERU DR., MCCARRAN NV 89437
Judd Merrill	officer: Chief Financial Officer	2425 CROOKED CANYON CT., RENO NV 89521
S. Shariq Yosufzai	director	171 ALPINE TERRACE, OAKLAND CA 94618
Gayle J Gibson	director	2500 PERU DRIVE, MCCARRAN NV 89437
Susanne Meline	director	P.O. BOX 515381, #86506, LOS ANGELES CA 90051
Sushil Kapoor	director	AQUA METALS, INC., 1010 ATLANTIC AVE STE 101, ALAMEDA CA 94501