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Sage Group (The) (Sage Group (The)) Debt-to-Equity

: 0.89 (As of Sep. 2023)
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Sage Group (The)'s Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $17 Mil. Sage Group (The)'s Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $1,538 Mil. Sage Group (The)'s Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $1,741 Mil. Sage Group (The)'s debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.89.

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 Sage Group (The)'s Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

SGPYY' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.51   Med: 0.7   Max: 0.89
Current: 0.89

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Sage Group (The) was 0.89. The lowest was 0.51. And the median was 0.70.

SGPYY's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
83.41% of 2224 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 0.21 vs SGPYY: 0.89

Sage Group (The) Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sage Group (The)'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.

* Premium members only.

Sage Group (The) Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Debt-to-Equity
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.51 0.60 0.73 0.88 0.89

Sage Group (The) Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
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 0.73 0.97 0.88 0.97 0.89
Competitive Comparison

For the Software - Application subindustry, Sage Group (The)'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.

Sage Group (The) Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Sage Group (The)'s Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sage Group (The)'s Debt-to-Equity falls into.


Sage Group (The) Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Sage Group (The)'s Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 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
=(17.327 + 1538.366) / 1741.337
=0.89

Sage Group (The)'s Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 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
=(17.327 + 1538.366) / 1741.337
=0.89

* 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.

Sage Group (The)  (OTCPK:SGPYY) 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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Sage Group (The) (Sage Group (The)) Business Description

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Address
C23 - 5 & 6 Cobalt Park Way, Cobalt Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, GBR, NE28 9EJ
Website
https://www.sage.com
The Sage Group is a U.K.-based provider of accounting and enterprise resource planning, or ERP, software, predominantly to customers in the U.S. and Europe. The company was founded in 1981 and historically sold on-premises software products with perpetual software licenses. However, the company is transitioning toward cloud connected and cloud native products, sold via software-as-a-service, or SaaS, contracts. Sage's main cloud native products include Sage Accounting, for small businesses, and Sage Intacct, which Sage acquired in 2017, for midsize businesses.