Swire Pacific (Swire Pacific) Debt-to-Equity

: 0.28 (As of Dec. 2023)

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Swire Pacific's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,470 Mil. Swire Pacific's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $8,044 Mil. Swire Pacific's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $34,332 Mil. Swire Pacific's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.28.

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

SWRAF' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.25 Med: 0.28 Max: 0.31
Current: 0.28

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Swire Pacific was 0.31. The lowest was 0.25. And the median was 0.28.

SWRAF's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
68.42% of 475 companies
in the Conglomerates industry
Industry Median: 0.56 vs SWRAF: 0.28

Swire Pacific Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Swire Pacific'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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Swire Pacific Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Debt-to-Equity

0.27

0.28

0.25

0.28

Swire Pacific Semi-Annual Data
	Jun14	Dec14	Jun15	Dec15	Jun16	Dec16	Jun17	Dec17	Jun18	Dec18	Jun19	Dec19	Jun20	Dec20	Jun21	Dec21	Jun22	Dec22	Jun23	Dec23
Debt-to-Equity																0.25	0.24	0.28	0.33	0.28

Competitive Comparison

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Swire Pacific'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.

Swire Pacific Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Swire Pacific's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Swire Pacific Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Swire Pacific's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 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
	=	(1469.692	+	8043.612)	/	34332.377
	=	0.28

Swire Pacific's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 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
	=	(1469.692	+	8043.612)	/	34332.377
	=	0.28

Swire Pacific (OTCPK:SWRAF) 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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Swire Pacific (Swire Pacific) Business Description

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Traded in Other Exchanges

SWRBY:USA SWRBF:USA SWRAY:USA 00087:Hong Kong 00019:Hong Kong SWI1:Germany

Address

88 Queensway, GPO Box 1, 33rd Floor, One Pacific Place, Hong Kong, HKG

Website

https://www.swirepacific.com

Swire Pacific is a Hong Kong-based conglomerate with interests in property, aviation, beverage, trading, and industrials. The property division, an 82% stake in Swire Properties, contributes more than half of the group's operating profit. The beverage division is one of two Coca-Cola bottlers in mainland China and also a bottler in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Cambodia. The aviation division consists of Haeco, an aircraft engineering company, and a 45% stake in Cathay Pacific. As of end June 2023, John Swire & Sons, the parent company, holds a 60% stake in Swire Pacific but has 68% of the voting rights through a dual-class share structure.

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