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Artesian Resources (Artesian Resources) Debt-to-Equity

: 0.79 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Artesian Resources's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.24 Mil. Artesian Resources's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $178.81 Mil. Artesian Resources's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $230.40 Mil. Artesian Resources's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.79.

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

ARTNA' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.79   Med: 0.92   Max: 1.06
Current: 0.79

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Artesian Resources was 1.06. The lowest was 0.79. And the median was 0.92.

ARTNA's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
52.22% of 473 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 0.84 vs ARTNA: 0.79

Artesian Resources Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Artesian Resources'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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Artesian Resources Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-Equity
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.96 1.01 0.97 1.06 0.79

Artesian Resources 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.06 1.06 0.78 0.78 0.79

Competitive Comparison

For the Utilities - Regulated Water subindustry, Artesian Resources'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.


Artesian Resources Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Artesian Resources's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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



Artesian Resources Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Artesian Resources's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Artesian Resources's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 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.


Artesian Resources  (NAS:ARTNA) 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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Artesian Resources (Artesian Resources) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
664 Churchmans Road, Newark, DE, USA, 19702
Artesian Resources Corp operates as the holding company of eight wholly-owned subsidiaries offering water, wastewater, and other services on the Delmarva Peninsula. It distributes and sells water, including water for public and private fire protection, to residential, commercial, industrial, municipal, and utility customers in the states of Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. The company is focusing on a wide spectrum of activities, which include identifying new and dependable sources of water supply; developing wells, treatment plants and delivery systems to get water to customers.
Executives
Nicholle Renee Taylor director, officer: Director / Vice President 664 CHURCHMANS ROAD, NEWARK DE 19702
John M Thaeder officer: Senior VP of Operations
Emerson Courtney A officer: Gen Counsel & Asst Secretary 107 DODGE DRIVE, SMYRNA DE 19977
Dian C Taylor director, officer: C.E.O. President
Kenneth R Biederman director
Raymond T. Kelly officer: VP of Information Technology 15 GABRIELLE CIRCLE, SWEDESBORO NJ 08085
Daniel Konstanski officer: Vice President of Engineering 607 S CLAYTON STREET, WILMINGTON DE 19805
Eisenbrey John R Jr director
Pierre A Anderson officer: VP of Information Technology 664 CHURCHMANS ROAD, NEWARK DE 19702
William C Wyer director
Michael Houghton director 212 CLOVER DRIVE, HOCKESSIN DE 19707
Karl G. Randall officer: Asst Secretary and Gen Counsel 664 CHURCHMANS ROAD, NEWARK DE 19702
Schreppler John J Ii officer: VP and General Counsel
Joseph A Dinunzio officer: Exec VP / Corp Secretary 664 CHURCHMANS ROAD, NEWARK DE 19702
David B Spacht officer: CFO and Treasurer