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RAIT Financial Trust (RAIT Financial Trust) Debt-to-Equity

: 4.51 (As of Jun. 2019)
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RAIT Financial Trust's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 was $0.00 Mil. RAIT Financial Trust's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 was $290.71 Mil. RAIT Financial Trust's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 was $64.45 Mil. RAIT Financial Trust's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 was 4.51.

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 RAIT Financial Trust's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

RASJQ.PFD' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.3   Med: 2.15   Max: 17.36
Current: 4.51

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of RAIT Financial Trust was 17.36. The lowest was 0.30. And the median was 2.15.

RASJQ.PFD's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked
in the REITs industry.
Industry Median: 0.785 vs RASJQ.PFD: 4.51

RAIT Financial Trust Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for RAIT Financial Trust'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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RAIT Financial Trust Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18
Debt-to-Equity
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.00 5.93 4.70 3.71 4.50

RAIT Financial Trust Quarterly Data
Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19
Debt-to-Equity Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.44 4.90 4.50 4.67 4.51

Competitive Comparison

For the REIT - Diversified subindustry, RAIT Financial Trust'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.


RAIT Financial Trust Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, RAIT Financial Trust's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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



RAIT Financial Trust Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

RAIT Financial Trust's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as

RAIT Financial Trust's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 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.


RAIT Financial Trust  (OTCPK:RASJQ.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.


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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RAIT Financial Trust (RAIT Financial Trust) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
100 North 18th Street, Two Logan Square, 23rd Floor, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 19103
RAIT Financial Trust is a United States-based real estate investment trust. Through its subsidiaries, the company invests in and manages a portfolio of commercial real estate (CRE) loans and properties. It operates in the business segment of real estate lending, owning and managing segment which focuses on lending, owning and managing commercial real estate assets throughout the United States. The form of the company's investments ranged from first mortgage loans to equity ownership of a commercial real estate property. It derives main revenue in the form of property income.

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