VWR (VWR) Debt-to-Equity : 1.27 (As of Sep. 2017)

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What is VWR Debt-to-Equity?

VWR's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 was $320 Mil. VWR's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 was $1,860 Mil. VWR's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 was $1,712 Mil. VWR's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 was 1.27.

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

VWR's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked ^*
in the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry.
Industry Median: 0.22
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-Equity only.

VWR Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

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

VWR Annual Data

Trend

Dec11

Dec12

Dec13

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Debt-to-Equity

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7.75

6.70

1.57

1.49

1.35

VWR Quarterly Data
	Dec12	Mar13	Jun13	Sep13	Dec13	Mar14	Jun14	Sep14	Dec14	Mar15	Jun15	Sep15	Dec15	Mar16	Jun16	Sep16	Dec16	Mar17	Jun17	Sep17
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															1.34	1.35	1.41	1.37	1.27

Competitive Comparison of VWR's Debt-to-Equity

For the Diagnostics & Research subindustry, VWR'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.

VWR's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Medical Diagnostics & Research Industry

For the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry and Healthcare sector, VWR's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

VWR Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

VWR's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2016 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
	=	(250.1	+	1766.9)	/	1494.4
	=	1.35

VWR's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 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
	=	(320.2	+	1859.8)	/	1712
	=	1.27

VWR (NAS:VWR) 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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VWR (VWR) Business Description

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https://www.vwr.com

VWR Corp operates in the healthcare sector based in the United States. It primarily offers laboratory products mainly in the American market, while distributing a minor share abroad. It provides a suite of products such as chemicals, reagents, consumables, durable products and scientific equipment and instruments to customers in the life science, general research and applied markets, including the biopharma, agricultural, chemical, environmental, food and beverage, healthcare, microelectronic, and petrochemical industries.

Executives

Madison Dearborn Partners Llc	10 percent owner	THREE FIRST NATIONAL PLAZA, 70 WEST MADISON STREET, SUITE 4600, CHICAGO IL 60602
Gregory L Cowan	officer: See remarks	1717 ARCH STREET, 35TH FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Edward A Blechschmidt	director	ONE HEALTHSOUTH PARKWAY, BIRMINGHAM AL 35243
Douglas J. Pitts	officer: See remarks	100 MATSONFORD ROAD, RADNOR PA 19087
Pamela Forbes Lieberman	director	3400 N.WOLF ROAD, FRANKLIN PARK IL 60131
Robert Zollars	director	3061 ZANKER RD, SAN JOSEC CA 95134
Timothy P Sullivan	director, 10 percent owner	THREE FIRST NATIONAL PLZ, SUITE 3800, CHICAGO IL 60602
Nicholas W Alexos	director, 10 percent owner	C/O DENTSPLY SIRONA INC, 13320 BALLANTYNE CORPORATE PLACE, CHARLOTTE NC 28277
Kraemer Harry M Jansen Jr	director	DENTSPLY SIRONA INC., 13320 BALLANTYNE CORPORATE PLACE, CHARLOTTE NC 28277
Madison Dearborn Partners V-a&c, L.p.	10 percent owner	THREE FIRST NATIONAL PLAZA, SUITE 3800, CHICAGO IL 60602
Madison Dearborn Capital Partners V Executive-a L P	10 percent owner	THREE FIRST NATIONAL PLAZA, SUITE 3800, CHICAGO IL 60602
Madison Dearborn Capital Partners V - C L P	10 percent owner	THREE FIRST NATIONAL PLAZA, SUITE 3800, CHICAGO IL 60602
Madison Dearborn Capital Partners V - A L P	10 percent owner	THREE FIRST NATIONAL PLAZA, SUITE 4600, CHICAGO IL 60602
Samuel M Mencoff	10 percent owner	BUCKEYE TECHNOLOGIES INC, 1001 TILLMAN STREET, MEMPHIS TN 38112
Paul J Finnegan	10 percent owner	PO BOX 2000, 3905 DAKOTA STREET SW, ALEXANDRIA MN 56308

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