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Fluent (Fluent) Debt-to-Equity : 1.00 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Fluent Debt-to-Equity?

Fluent's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $7.3 Mil. Fluent's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $27.2 Mil. Fluent's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $34.4 Mil. Fluent's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.00.

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

FLNT' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.22   Med: 0.27   Max: 1
Current: 1

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Fluent was 1.00. The lowest was 0.22. And the median was 0.27.

FLNT's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
77.66% of 846 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 0.28 vs FLNT: 1.00

Fluent Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fluent'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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Fluent Debt-to-Equity Chart

Fluent Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.30 0.23 0.25 0.50 1.00

Fluent 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 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 0.50 0.72 0.63 1.02 1.00

Competitive Comparison of Fluent's Debt-to-Equity

For the Advertising Agencies subindustry, Fluent'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.


Fluent's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Fluent's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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



Fluent Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

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

Fluent'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.


Fluent  (NAS:FLNT) 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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Fluent (Fluent) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
300 Vesey Street, 9th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10282
Fluent Inc is a data-driven digital marketing services company. It performs customer acquisition services by operating digital marketing campaigns, through which it connects its advertiser clients with consumers they are seeking to reach. It delivers data and performance-based marketing executions to its clients, such as consumer brands, direct marketers and agencies across a wide range of industries, including Financial Products & Services, Media & Entertainment, Health & Wellness, Staffing & Recruitment and Retail & Consumer. Geographically it earns key revenue from the U.S segment.
Executives
Matthew Conlin other: President of Fluent, LLC C/O IDI, INC., 2650 NORTH MILITARY TRAIL, SUITE 300, BOCA RATON FL 33431
Ryan Schulke director, other: CEO of Fluent, LLC C/O IDI, INC., 2650 NORTH MILITARY TRAIL, SUITE 300, BOCA RATON FL 33431
Ryan Macnab Perfit officer: Interim CFO C/O FLUENT INC. (N/K/A COGINT, INC.), 33 WHITEHALL STREET, 15TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10004
Frost Gamma Investments Trust other: Joint Filer 4400 BISCAYNE BLVD, MIAMI FL 33137
Frost Phillip Md Et Al 10 percent owner 4400 BISCAYNE BLVD, MIAMI FL 33137-3227
Donald Huntley Patrick officer: COO C/O FLUENT INC. (N/K/A COGINT, INC.), 33 WHITEHALL STREET, 15TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10004
Sugandha Khandelwal officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O FLUENT, INC., 300 VESEY STREET, 9TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10282
David Allen Graff director 300 VESEY STREET, NEW YORK NY 10282
Pfenniger Richard C Jr director 4400 BISCAYNE BLVD., MIAMI FL 33137
Carla Newell director 528 RAMONA STREET, PALO ALTO CA 94301
Alexander Mandel officer: Chief Financial Officer 1061 MARKET STREET, 6TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Kohn Barbara Shattuck director PENN NATIONAL GAMING, INC, 825 BERKSHIRE BLVE, SUITE 200, WYOMISSING PA 19610
Peter Benz director 171 MADISON AVE., 17 FL.,, NEW YORK NY 10016
Michael Brauser director 4400 BISCAYNE BLVD., SUITE 850, MIAMI FL 33137
Andrew J Frawley director C/O EXCHANGE APPLICATIONS INC, 89 SOUTH STREET, BOSTON MA 02111