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Canfor (Canfor) Debt-to-Equity : 0.11 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Canfor Debt-to-Equity?

Canfor's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $139 Mil. Canfor's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $159 Mil. Canfor's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,846 Mil. Canfor's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.10.

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

CFPZF' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.09   Med: 0.22   Max: 0.7
Current: 0.11

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Canfor was 0.70. The lowest was 0.09. And the median was 0.22.

CFPZF's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
83.77% of 265 companies
in the Forest Products industry
Industry Median: 0.51 vs CFPZF: 0.11

Canfor Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

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

Canfor 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 0.70 0.35 0.10 0.09 0.11

Canfor 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 0.09 0.10 0.10 0.11 0.11

Competitive Comparison of Canfor's Debt-to-Equity

For the Lumber & Wood Production subindustry, Canfor'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.


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

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

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



Canfor Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

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

Canfor'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.


Canfor  (OTCPK:CFPZF) 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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Canfor (Canfor) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
100-1700 West 75th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6P 6G2
Canfor is a softwood lumber company that also owns around half of Canfor Pulp. It is active throughout North America and Europe, with lumber mills in British Columbia, Alberta, the Southeastern United States, and Sweden. It has two reportable segments: lumber and pulp and paper. The lumber segment includes Canfor's sawmilling and remanufacturing operations and the pulp and paper segment includes the kraft pulp, kraft paper, and bleached chemi-thermomechanical pulp businesses of Canfor Pulp.

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