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Otelco (Otelco) Debt-to-Equity : 2.75 (As of Dec. 2020)


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What is Otelco Debt-to-Equity?

Otelco's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2020 was $7.32 Mil. Otelco's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2020 was $62.23 Mil. Otelco's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2020 was $25.26 Mil. Otelco's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2020 was 2.75.

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

OTEL's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked *
in the Telecommunication Services industry.
Industry Median: 0.66
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-Equity only.

Otelco Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Otelco'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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Otelco Debt-to-Equity Chart

Otelco Annual Data
Trend Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -8.68 55.71 6.70 3.75 2.75

Otelco Quarterly Data
Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20
Debt-to-Equity Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 3.75 3.28 3.16 2.97 2.75

Competitive Comparison of Otelco's Debt-to-Equity

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Otelco'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.


Otelco's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Otelco's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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



Otelco Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Otelco's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2020 is calculated as

Otelco's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2020 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.


Otelco  (NAS:OTEL) 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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Otelco (Otelco) Business Description

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Address
505 Third Avenue East, Oneonta, AL, USA, 35121
Otelco Inc is a US-based company, which provides a broad range of telecommunication services on a retail and wholesale basis. It offers communication services related to telephone, long distance, Internet, broadband services and television. The principal markets for these services are business and residential customers residing in and adjacent to the exchanges the company serves in Alabama, Massachusetts, Maine, Missouri, Vermont, and West Virginia. In addition, it also offers cloud hosting and managed services for small and mid-sized companies who rely on mission-critical software applications. The company derives revenue through the source of local services, network access, internet, transport services, video and security and managed services.
Executives
Garner Curtis Lee Jr director, officer: Chief Financial Officer 505 3RD AVENUE EAST ONEONTA AL 35121
Jerry C Boles officer: SVP and Controller 91 HILLTOP ROAD ONEONTA AL 35121
Ira Sochet 10 percent owner 24 NORTH PINE CIRCLE, BELLEAIR FL 33756
Richard Allen Clark director, officer: President & CEO 505 3RD AVE. EAST ONEONTA AL 35121
Norman C Frost director IOWA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC. 115 S. SECOND AVE. W. NEWTON IA 50208
Howard James Haug director 681 PENN PLACE WINTER PARK FL 32789-2408
Barbara Dondiego director 1375 PEACHTREE STREET ATLANTA GA 30309
Judd Dayton director 878 S. DENTON TAP RD., SUITE 220, COPPELL TX 75019
Gary L Sugarman director C/O MACHTEN, INC., 1516 BARLOW STREET, SUITE D, TRAVERSE CITY MI 49686
Stephen Phillip Mccall director 199 WATER STREET, 20TH FLOOR C/O SEAPORT CAPITAL NEW YORK NY 10038
Robert J. Souza director, officer: President & CEO 12 COLONIAL DRIVE DURHAM ME 04222
Dennis Andrews officer: SVP - Regulatory & HR 40 CHERT ROAD ONEONTA AL 35121
Brian A Ross director 600 TELEPHONE AVE, MS#65, ANCHORAGE AK 99503
Ed Tisdale officer: SVP - Operations P.O. BOX 258 NEW GLOUCESTER ME 04260
E. Todd Wessing officer: VP and GM - Missouri 13869 NORTH HIGHWAY PILOT GROVE MO 65276