Endurance Specialty Holdings (Endurance Specialty Holdings) Debt-to-Equity : 0.14 (As of Mar. 2017)

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What is Endurance Specialty Holdings Debt-to-Equity?

Endurance Specialty Holdings's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 was $0.00 Mil. Endurance Specialty Holdings's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 was $705.44 Mil. Endurance Specialty Holdings's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 was $4,936.26 Mil. Endurance Specialty Holdings's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 was 0.14.

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 Endurance Specialty Holdings's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

ENHPRACL.PFD' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.06 Med: 0.18 Max: 0.25
Current: 0.14

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Endurance Specialty Holdings was 0.25. The lowest was 0.06. And the median was 0.18.

ENHPRACL.PFD's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked
in the Insurance industry.
Industry Median: 0.245 vs ENHPRACL.PFD: 0.14

Endurance Specialty Holdings Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Endurance Specialty Holdings's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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Endurance Specialty Holdings Debt-to-Equity Chart

Endurance Specialty Holdings Annual Data

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Debt-to-Equity

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0.20

0.18

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0.14

Endurance Specialty Holdings Quarterly Data
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Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.14	0.15	0.14	0.14	0.14

Competitive Comparison of Endurance Specialty Holdings's Debt-to-Equity

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Endurance Specialty Holdings'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.

Endurance Specialty Holdings's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Endurance Specialty Holdings's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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Endurance Specialty Holdings Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Endurance Specialty Holdings'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
	=	(0	+	705.292)	/	4882.439
	=	0.14

Endurance Specialty Holdings's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 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
	=	(0	+	705.437)	/	4936.264
	=	0.14

Endurance Specialty Holdings (NYSE:ENHPRACL.PFD) 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.

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Endurance Specialty Holdings (Endurance Specialty Holdings) Business Description

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Endurance Specialty Holdings is a property and casualty insurance holding company that underwrites its products on a global basis. Operations are organized into two business segments: insurance and reinsurance. Endurance generates the vast majority of its revenue from the insurance segment, where most of its revenue is derived from its agriculture insurance line. The reinsurance segment derives most of its revenue through its catastrophe insurance line. The company's key strategies include an emphasis on profitability, deep client relationships, risk management, and proactively managing its capital base.

Executives

Ehara Shigeru	director	26-1, NISHI-SHINJUKU 1-CHOME, SHINJUKU-KU, TOKYO M0 160-8338
Junichi Tanaka	director	26-1, NISHI-SHINJUKU 1-CHOME, SHINJUKU-KU, TOKYO M0 160-8338
Nigel Frudd	director	26-1, NISHI-SHINJUKU 1-CHOME, SHINJUKU-KU, TOKYO M0 160-8338
John A Kuhn	officer: CEO, Global Insurance	C/O ENDURANCE SERVICES LIMITED, 333 WESTCHESTER AVE., WEST BUILDING, WHITE PLAINS NY 10604
Mark Silverstein	officer: Chief Investment Officer, ESL	C/O ENDURANCE SERVICES LIMITED, 333 WESTCHESTER AVE., WHITE PLAINS NY 10604
Michael J Mcguire	officer: Chief Financial Officer	C/O ENDURANCE SERVICES LIMITED, 333 WESTCHESTER AVENUE, WHITE PLAINS NY 10604
Brian W Goshen	officer: Chief Admin. Officer, ESL	AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LIMITED, 11680 GREAT OAKS WAY, SUITE 500, ALPHARETTA GA 30022
Jerome Faure	officer: Former CEO, Global Reinsurance	C/O ENDURANCE SERVICES LIMITED, 333 WESTCHESTER AVE., WEST BUILDING, WHITE PLAINS NY 10604
Young Stephen H.r.	officer: CEO, Global Reinsurance	C/O ENDURANCE SERVICES LIMITED, 4 MANHATTANVILLE ROAD, PURCHASE NY 10577
Carrie Rosorea	officer: Chief Accounting Officer	333 WESTCHESTER AVE., WHITE PLAINS NY 10604
Christopher Gallagher	officer: Chief Risk Officer	C/O ENDURANCE SERVICES LIMITED, 4 MANHATTANVILLE ROAD, PURCHASE NY 10577
Joan Delemps	officer: Chief Risk Officer ESL	C/O ENDURANCE SERVICES LIMITED, 333 WESTCHESTER AVE., WHITE PLAINS NY 10604
John Charman	director, officer: Chmn & Chief Executive Officer	AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LIMITED, 92 PITTS BAY ROAD, PEMBROKE D0 HM 08
Ian Michael Winchester	director	350 CENTRAL PARK WEST, APPT.15D, NEW YORK CITY NY 10025-6504
Morgan W Davis	director	80 SOUTH MAIN STREET, HANOVER NH 03755