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 US Silica Holdings's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:
SLCA'
s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.37 Med: 1.25 Max: 2.64
Current: 2.07
During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of US Silica Holdings was 2.64. The lowest was 0.37. And the median was 1.25.
SLCA's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than 88.83% of 824
companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 0.48
vs SLCA: 2.07
US Silica Holdings Debt-to-Equity Historical Data
The historical data trend for US Silica Holdings'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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US Silica Holdings Annual Data
Trend
Dec12
Dec13
Dec14
Dec15
Dec16
Dec17
Dec18
Dec19
Dec20
Dec21
Debt-to-Equity
0.37
1.21
1.99
2.17
2.15
US Silica Holdings Quarterly Data
Sep17
Dec17
Mar18
Jun18
Sep18
Dec18
Mar19
Jun19
Sep19
Dec19
Mar20
Jun20
Sep20
Dec20
Mar21
Jun21
Sep21
Dec21
Mar22
Jun22
Debt-to-Equity
2.07
2.12
2.15
2.15
2.07
Competitive Comparison
For the Oil & Gas Equipment & Services subindustry, US Silica 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.
US Silica Holdings Debt-to-Equity Distribution
For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, US Silica Holdings's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where US Silica Holdings's Debt-to-Equity falls into.
US Silica Holdings Debt-to-Equity Calculation
Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.
US Silica Holdings's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 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.
US Silica Holdings (NYSE:SLCA) Debt-to-Equity Explanation
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.
US Silica Holdings Debt-to-Equity Related Terms
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US Silica Holdings Inc is one of the leading suppliers of sand used in hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas wells. The company delivers sand in most major basins via its extensive logistics network and has an emerging last-mile logistics capability to deliver sand direct to the well site. Its operating segment includes Oil and Gas Proppants and Industrial and Specialty Products. The company generates maximum revenue from the Oil and Gas Proppants segment.
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