United Overseas Bank (United Overseas Bank) Debt-to-Equity

: 0.81 (As of Dec. 2023)

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United Overseas Bank's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0 Mil. United Overseas Bank's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $28,109 Mil. United Overseas Bank's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $34,702 Mil. United Overseas Bank's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.81.

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 United Overseas Bank's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

UOVEY' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.66 Med: 0.78 Max: 0.96
Current: 0.81

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of United Overseas Bank was 0.96. The lowest was 0.66. And the median was 0.78.

UOVEY's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
54.79% of 1398 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 0.7 vs UOVEY: 0.81

United Overseas Bank Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for United Overseas Bank'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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United Overseas Bank Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Debt-to-Equity

0.66

0.75

0.83

0.96

0.81

United Overseas Bank 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																0.83	0.96	0.96	0.74	0.81

Competitive Comparison

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, United Overseas Bank'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.

United Overseas Bank Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, United Overseas Bank's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where United Overseas Bank's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

United Overseas Bank Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

United Overseas Bank'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
	=	(0	+	28109.001)	/	34701.599
	=	0.81

United Overseas Bank'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
	=	(0	+	28109.001)	/	34701.599
	=	0.81

United Overseas Bank (OTCPK:UOVEY) 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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United Overseas Bank (United Overseas Bank) Business Description

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Comparable Companies

Traded in Other Exchanges

UOVEF:USA U11:Singapore UOB:Germany

Address

80 Raffles Place, UOB Plaza, Singapore, SGP, 048624

Website

https://www.uobgroup.com

United Overseas Bank is a diversified financial institution based in Singapore. Its regional reach spans Greater China and Southeast Asia. Key countries include Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia. Singapore, its core market, makes up around 50% of its total assets. The group offers a wide range of services, including consumer, commercial and corporate, and investment banking; corporate finance; treasury services; and wealth management, insurance, and brokerage services.

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