Whitehaven Coal (ASX:WHC) Debt-to-Equity : 0.39 (As of Dec. 2024)

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What is Whitehaven Coal Debt-to-Equity?

Whitehaven Coal's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was A$110 Mil. Whitehaven Coal's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was A$1,920 Mil. Whitehaven Coal's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was A$5,216 Mil. Whitehaven Coal's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 0.39.

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

ASX:WHC' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.03 Med: 0.22 Max: 0.39
Current: 0.39

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Whitehaven Coal was 0.39. The lowest was 0.03. And the median was 0.22.

ASX:WHC's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
58.54% of 123 companies
in the Other Energy Sources industry
Industry Median: 0.25 vs ASX:WHC: 0.39

Whitehaven Coal Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Whitehaven Coal's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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Whitehaven Coal Debt-to-Equity Chart

Whitehaven Coal Annual Data

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Jun18

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Jun21

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Jun24

Debt-to-Equity

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0.32

0.37

0.06

0.04

0.36

Whitehaven Coal Semi-Annual Data
	Jun15	Dec15	Jun16	Dec16	Jun17	Dec17	Jun18	Dec18	Jun19	Dec19	Jun20	Dec20	Jun21	Dec21	Jun22	Dec22	Jun23	Dec23	Jun24	Dec24
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.04	0.04	0.03	0.36	0.39

Competitive Comparison of Whitehaven Coal's Debt-to-Equity

For the Thermal Coal subindustry, Whitehaven Coal'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.

Whitehaven Coal's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Other Energy Sources Industry

For the Other Energy Sources industry and Energy sector, Whitehaven Coal's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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Whitehaven Coal Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Whitehaven Coal's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2024 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
	=	(147	+	1744)	/	5271
	=	0.36

Whitehaven Coal's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 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
	=	(110	+	1920)	/	5216
	=	0.39

Whitehaven Coal (ASX:WHC) 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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259 George Street, Level 28, Sydney, NSW, AUS, 2000

Website

https://www.whitehavencoal.com.au

Whitehaven Coal is a large Australian independent thermal and metallurgical coal miner with mines in the Gunnedah Basin, New South Wales. It also bought Blackwater and Daunia, two coking coal mines in Queensland, from BHP and Mitsubishi in April 2024. In addition, it owns the large Vickery and Winchester South deposits in New South Wales and Queensland, respectively. Coal is railed to ports in Newcastle and Queensland for export to Asian customers. Along with expanded production at Maules Creek and Narrabri, we expect its share of salable coal production to approach 32 million metric tons from fiscal 2029, from about 13 million in fiscal 2023. Initial development of Vickery will see about 1 million metric tons of extra equity production, with potential expansion to 7 million metric tons.

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