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KIS Wire (XKRX:002240) Debt-to-Equity : 0.14 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is KIS Wire Debt-to-Equity?

KIS Wire's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ₩185,317 Mil. KIS Wire's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ₩49,134 Mil. KIS Wire's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ₩1,677,198 Mil. KIS Wire's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.14.

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

XKRX:002240' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.14   Med: 0.35   Max: 0.47
Current: 0.14

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of KIS Wire was 0.47. The lowest was 0.14. And the median was 0.35.

XKRX:002240's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
78.49% of 558 companies
in the Steel industry
Industry Median: 0.415 vs XKRX:002240: 0.14

KIS Wire Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for KIS Wire'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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KIS Wire Debt-to-Equity Chart

KIS Wire Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.34 0.28 0.22 0.23 0.14

KIS Wire Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 0.23 0.22 0.18 0.18 0.14

Competitive Comparison of KIS Wire's Debt-to-Equity

For the Steel subindustry, KIS Wire'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.


KIS Wire's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, KIS Wire's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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



KIS Wire Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

KIS Wire's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

KIS Wire's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 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.


KIS Wire  (XKRX:002240) 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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KIS Wire (XKRX:002240) Business Description

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Address
37, Gurak-ro 141beon-gil, Suyeong-gu, Busan, KOR
KIS Wire Ltd is in the business of manufacturing secondary steel products such as wire and wire ropes. Its products include oil tempered wire, spring wire, tire reinforcement, house wire, bridge cable, galvanized steel wire, computer wire, wire rope, superconductive wire, etc. The company mainly operates in Korea, Malaysia, and China. It sells its products to automotive, construction, machinery, bridge, energy, fishing and semi-conductor industries.

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