Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (OCSE:CHR) Debt-to-Equity : 0.57 (As of May. 2023)

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What is Chr. Hansen Holding A/S Debt-to-Equity?

Chr. Hansen Holding A/S's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in May. 2023 was kr397 Mil. Chr. Hansen Holding A/S's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in May. 2023 was kr7,393 Mil. Chr. Hansen Holding A/S's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in May. 2023 was kr13,722 Mil. Chr. Hansen Holding A/S's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in May. 2023 was 0.57.

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 Chr. Hansen Holding A/S's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

OCSE:CHR' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.53 Med: 0.91 Max: 1.9
Current: 0.57

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Chr. Hansen Holding A/S was 1.90. The lowest was 0.53. And the median was 0.91.

OCSE:CHR's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked
in the Chemicals industry.
Industry Median: 0.35 vs OCSE:CHR: 0.57

Chr. Hansen Holding A/S Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Chr. Hansen Holding A/S's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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Chr. Hansen Holding A/S Debt-to-Equity Chart

Chr. Hansen Holding A/S Annual Data

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Aug22

Debt-to-Equity

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0.94

1.03

1.59

0.59

0.53

Chr. Hansen Holding A/S Quarterly Data
	Aug18	Nov18	Feb19	May19	Aug19	Nov19	Feb20	May20	Aug20	Nov20	Feb21	May21	Aug21	Nov21	Feb22	May22	Aug22	Nov22	Feb23	May23
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.56	0.53	0.61	0.58	0.57

Competitive Comparison of Chr. Hansen Holding A/S's Debt-to-Equity

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Chr. Hansen Holding A/S'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.

Chr. Hansen Holding A/S's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Chr. Hansen Holding A/S's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Chr. Hansen Holding A/S's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

Chr. Hansen Holding A/S Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Chr. Hansen Holding A/S's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2022 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
	=	(818.659	+	6351.302)	/	13574.103
	=	0.53

Chr. Hansen Holding A/S's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in May. 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
	=	(397.137	+	7392.861)	/	13722.467
	=	0.57

Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (OCSE:CHR) 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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Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (OCSE:CHR) Business Description

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Address

Boge Alle 10-12, Horsholm, DNK, 2970

Website

https://www.chr-hansen.com

Founded in 1874 and relisted in 2010 after five years of private ownership, Chr. Hansen is a global bioscience company with more than 3,200 employees across 30 countries. Its segments include food cultures and enzymes that produce and sell innovative cultures, enzymes, and probiotic products that help determine the taste, flavor, texture, shelf-life, nutritional value, and health benefits of a variety of consumer products in the food industry, especially in the dairy industry; and health and nutrition that produce and sell products for the dietary supplement, over-the-counter pharmaceutical, infant formula, animal feed, and plant protection industries.