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Chegg's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $358.6 Mil. Chegg's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $145.9 Mil. Chegg's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $193.0 Mil. Chegg's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 2.61.
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 Chegg's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:
During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Chegg was 2.61. The lowest was 0.65. And the median was 1.53.
The historical data trend for Chegg'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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2.51 | 1.53 | 1.08 | 0.65 | 2.61 |
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0.65 | 0.64 | 1.69 | 3.38 | 2.61 |
For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Chegg'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.
For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Chegg's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Chegg's Debt-to-Equity falls into.
Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.
Chegg's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year 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 | |
= | (358.605 | + | 145.853) | / | 192.981 | |
= | 2.61 |
Chegg'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 | |
= | (358.605 | + | 145.853) | / | 192.981 | |
= | 2.61 |
* 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.
Chegg (NYSE:CHGG) 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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Esther Lem | officer: Chief Marketing Officer | C/O CHEGG, INC., 3990 FREEDOM CIRCLE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054 |
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Marne L. Levine | director | C/O CHEGG, INC., 3990 FREEDOM CIRCLE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054 |
Michael A. Osier | officer: Chief Information Officer | C/O CHEGG, INC., 3990 FREEDOM CIRCLE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054 |
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