Resolute Forest Products (Resolute Forest Products) Debt-to-Equity : 0.17 (As of Sep. 2022)

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What is Resolute Forest Products Debt-to-Equity?

Resolute Forest Products's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was $9 Mil. Resolute Forest Products's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was $348 Mil. Resolute Forest Products's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was $2,116 Mil. Resolute Forest Products's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was 0.17.

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 Resolute Forest Products's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

RFP' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -12.54 Med: 0.52 Max: 5.37
Current: 0.17

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Resolute Forest Products was 5.37. The lowest was -12.54. And the median was 0.52.

RFP's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked
in the Forest Products industry.
Industry Median: 0.51 vs RFP: 0.17

Resolute Forest Products Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Resolute Forest Products's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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Resolute Forest Products Debt-to-Equity Chart

Resolute Forest Products Annual Data

Trend

Dec12

Dec13

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Debt-to-Equity

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0.49

0.42

0.58

0.24

Resolute Forest Products Quarterly Data
	Dec17	Mar18	Jun18	Sep18	Dec18	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.25	0.24	0.21	0.18	0.17

Competitive Comparison of Resolute Forest Products's Debt-to-Equity

For the Paper & Paper Products subindustry, Resolute Forest Products'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.

Resolute Forest Products's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Forest Products Industry

For the Forest Products industry and Basic Materials sector, Resolute Forest Products's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Resolute Forest Products Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Resolute Forest Products's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 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
	=	(10	+	351)	/	1514
	=	0.24

Resolute Forest Products's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 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
	=	(9	+	348)	/	2116
	=	0.17

Resolute Forest Products (NYSE:RFP) 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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Resolute Forest Products (Resolute Forest Products) Business Description

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Address

1010 De La Gauchetiere Street West, Suite 400, Montreal, QC, CAN, H3B 2N2

Website

https://www.resolutefp.com

Resolute Forest Products Inc is engaged in the forest products industry with a range of products, including market pulp, tissue, wood products, newsprint, and specialty papers. The product range includes market pulp, tissue, wood products, newsprint and specialty papers which are marketed to nearly 50 countries. The company owns or operates pulp, paper, tissue and wood products facilities in the United States and Canada.

Executives

Patrice Minguez	officer: President, Tissue Group	C/O RESOLUTE FOREST PRODUCTS INC., 111 DUKE STREET, MONTREAL A8 H3C 2M1
Hugues Simon	officer: President, Wood products	111 ROBERT-BOURASSA, SUITE 5000, MONTREAL A8 H3C 2M1
Sylvain A. Girard	officer: Chief Financial Officer	111 ROBERT-BOURASSA, SUITE 5000, MONTREAL A8 H3C 2M1
Duncan Davies	director	111 ROBERT-BOURASSA, SUITE 5000, MONTREAL A8 H3C 2M1
Stephanie Leclaire	officer: Chief Legal Officer	111 ROBERT-BOURASSA, SUITE 5000, MONTREAL A8 H3C 2M1
Daniel Viboux	officer: Chief Accounting Officer	111 ROBERT-BOURASSA, SUITE 5000, MONTREAL A8 H3C 2M1
Suzanne Blanchet	director	111 ROBERT-BOURASSA BOULEVARD, SUITE 5000, MONTREAL A8 H3C 2M1
Michael S Rousseau	director	C/O ABITIBIBOWATER INC., 1155 METCALFE STREET, SUITE 800, MONTREAL, QUEBEC Z4 H3B 5H2
Alain Rheaume	director	C/O ABITIBIBOWATER INC., 1155 METCALFE STREET, SUITE 800, MONTREAL, QUEBEC Z4 H3B 5H2
Lori Kilgour	officer: SVP, Chief Information Officer	111 ROBERT-BOURASSA, SUITE 5000, MONTREAL A8 H3C2M1
Daniel Ouellet	officer: SVP Human Resources	111 ROBERT-BOURASSA BOULEVARD, SUITE 5000, MONTREAL A8 H3C 2M1
Richard Joseph Tremblay	officer: SVP, Pulp and Paper Operations	C/O RESOLUTE FOREST PRODUCTS INC., 111 DUKE STREET, SUITE 5000, MONTREAL A8 H3C 2M1
John Lafave	officer: Senior Vice President	C/O ABITIBIBOWATER INC., 1155 METCALFE STREET, SUITE 800, MONTREAL A8 H3B 5H2
Randall C Benson	director	RESOLUTE FOREST PRODUCTS INC., 111 DUKE STREET, SUITE 5000, MONTREAL A8 H3C 2M1
Bradley Martin	director	C/O ODYSSEY RE HOLDINGS CORP., 300 FIRST STAMFORD PLACE, STAMFORD CT 06902