Netlist (Netlist) Debt-to-Equity

: 0.21 (As of Dec. 2023)

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Netlist's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3.84 Mil. Netlist's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.21 Mil. Netlist's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $23.76 Mil. Netlist's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.21.

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

NLST' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -28.5 Med: -2.75 Max: 1.17
Current: 0.21

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Netlist was 1.17. The lowest was -28.50. And the median was -2.75.

NLST's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
55.87% of 877 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 0.26 vs NLST: 0.21

Netlist Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Netlist'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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Netlist Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Debt-to-Equity

-2.36

-7.97

0.17

0.26

0.21

Netlist 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																0.26	0.08	0.08	0.04	0.21

Competitive Comparison

For the Semiconductors subindustry, Netlist'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.

Netlist Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Netlist's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Netlist Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Netlist'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
	=	(3.844	+	1.213)	/	23.759
	=	0.21

Netlist'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
	=	(3.844	+	1.213)	/	23.759
	=	0.21

Netlist (OTCPK:NLST) 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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Netlist (Netlist) Business Description

Industry

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Traded in Other Exchanges

XAB:Germany

Address

111 Academy, Suite 100, Irvine, CA, USA, 92617

Website

https://www.netlist.com

Netlist Inc is involved in the business of designing and manufacturing modular memory subsystems and also cloud service providers. Its products include Storage class memory, nonvolatile memory, specialty DIMMs and embedded flash. The company's products are based on its proprietary technologies such as Presight technology, Distributed buffer architecture, IC design, PCB designs, Thermal management designs.

Executives

Gail Misako Itow	officer: Vice President and CFO	C/O NETLIST, INC., 51 DISCOVERY, STE 150, IRVINE CA 92618
Chun K Hong	director, 10 percent owner, officer: President,CEO & Chairman	C/O NETLIST, INC., 51 DISCOVERY, STE 150, IRVINE CA 92618
Kiho Choi	director	3435 WILSHIRE BLVD., SUITE 2240, LOS ANGELES CA 90010
Jeff Benck	director	BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS, INC., 56 SOUTH ROCKFORD DRIVE, TEMPE AZ 85281
Vince Sheeran	director	175 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, IRVINE CA 92618
Jun Cho	director	C/O NETLIST, INC., 475 GODDARD, IRVINE CA 92618
Blake Welcher	director	5220 LAS VIRGENES ROAD, CALABASAS CA 91302
Charles F Cargile	director	C/O SUNWORKS, INC., 1010 WINDING CREEK ROAD, SUITE 100, ROSEVILLE CA 95678
Hk Desai	director	26650 ALISO VIEJO PARKWAY, ALISO VIEJO CA 92656
Claude M Leglise	director	875 MAHLER RD, STE 280, BURLINGAME CA 94010
Richard Char	director	45 WEST 36TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10018
Thomas F Lagatta	director	MARVELL SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., 5488 MARVELL LANE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Alan H Portnoy	director	C/O NETLIST, INC., 475 GODDARD, IRVINE CA 92618
Nam Ki Hong	director	C/O NETLIST, INC., 475 GODDARD, IRVINE CA 92618
James Patrick Perrott	officer: SVP of Sales and Marketing	51 DISCOVERY, IRVINE CA 92618