Sears Canada (Sears Canada) Debt-to-Equity : 1.78 (As of Apr. 2017)

Sears Canada Debt-to-Equity Chart

Sears Canada Annual Data
	Trend	Jan08	Jan09	Jan10	Jan11	Jan12	Jan13	Jan14	Jan15	Jan16	Jan17
Debt-to-Equity		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					0.06	0.03	0.05	0.04	0.09

Sears Canada Quarterly Data
	Jul12	Oct12	Jan13	Apr13	Jul13	Oct13	Jan14	Apr14	Jul14	Oct14	Jan15	Apr15	Jul15	Oct15	Jan16	Apr16	Jul16	Oct16	Jan17	Apr17
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.05	0.06	0.08	0.09	1.78

Competitive Comparison of Sears Canada's Debt-to-Equity

For the Department Stores subindustry, Sears Canada'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.

Sears Canada's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Sears Canada's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Sears Canada Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Sears Canada's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2017 is calculated as

Sears Canada's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2017 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.

Sears Canada  (OTCPK:SRSCQ) 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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