SCANA (SCG) Debt-to-Equity : 1.31 (As of Sep. 2018)

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What is SCANA Debt-to-Equity?

SCANA's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 was $332 Mil. SCANA's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 was $6,735 Mil. SCANA's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 was $5,391 Mil. SCANA's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 was 1.31.

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

SCG's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked ^*
in the Utilities - Regulated industry.
Industry Median: 0.84
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-Equity only.

SCANA Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

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

SCANA Annual Data

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Debt-to-Equity

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1.25

1.32

1.20

1.30

1.33

SCANA Quarterly Data
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Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															1.32	1.33	1.31	1.35	1.31

Competitive Comparison of SCANA's Debt-to-Equity

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, SCANA'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.

SCANA's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

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

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

SCANA Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

SCANA's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 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
	=	(1077	+	5906)	/	5255
	=	1.33

SCANA's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 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
	=	(332	+	6735)	/	5391
	=	1.31

SCANA (NYSE:SCG) 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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SCANA (SCG) Business Description

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Website

http://www.scana.com

Scana is a holding company engaged primarily in generating, transmitting, and distributing electricity in South Carolina. It also distributes and sells natural gas in portions of North Carolina and South Carolina. Its two utilities serve more than 1 million customers. Through a wholly owned subsidiary, Scana markets natural gas to approximately 450,000 retail customers in Georgia.

Executives

James A Bennett	director	FIRST CITIZENS BANK, 1230 MAIN STREET, 9TH FLOOR, COLUMBIA SC 20201
D Maybank Hagood	director	WILLIAM M. BIRD AND CO., INC., P.O. BOX 20040, CHARLESTON SC 29413
John E. Bachman	director	77 EXETER STREET, 1809, BOSTON MA 02116
James W Roquemore	director	C/O SCBT FINANCIAL CORPORATION, 520 GERVAIS STREET, COLUMBIA SC 29201
Sharon A Decker	director	4100 COCA COLA PLAZA, CHARLOTTE NC 28211
Gregory E Aliff	director	1720 NORTH FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE CA 95112
Alfredo Trujillo	director
James M Micali	director	C/O SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY, 1 NORTH SECOND STREET, HARTSVILLE SC 29550
Sharon K Jenkins	officer: Senior VP - Marketing