Zep (FRA:14Z) Debt-to-Equity : 1.11 (As of Feb. 2015)

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What is Zep Debt-to-Equity?

Zep's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2015 was €17.6 Mil. Zep's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2015 was €167.8 Mil. Zep's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2015 was €166.5 Mil. Zep's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2015 was 1.11.

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

FRA:14Z' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0 Med: 0 Max: 0
Current: 1.11

FRA:14Z's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked
in the Chemicals industry.
Industry Median: 0.355 vs FRA:14Z: 1.11

Zep Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

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

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Zep Debt-to-Equity Chart

Zep Annual Data

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0.75

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0.83

1.14

1.07

Zep Quarterly Data
	May10	Aug10	Nov10	Feb11	May11	Aug11	Nov11	Feb12	May12	Aug12	Nov12	Feb13	May13	Aug13	Nov13	Feb14	May14	Aug14	Nov14	Feb15
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															1.15	1.11	1.07	1.05	1.11

Competitive Comparison of Zep's Debt-to-Equity

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Zep'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.

Zep's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

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

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

Zep Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Zep's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2014 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
	=	(15.025	+	140.347)	/	145.228
	=	1.07

Zep's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2015 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
	=	(17.621	+	167.783)	/	166.545
	=	1.11

Zep (FRA:14Z) 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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Zep (FRA:14Z) Business Description

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Zep Inc. was founded in 1937. It is a producer, marketer, and service provider of a range of cleaning and maintenance solutions for commercial, industrial, institutional, and consumer end-markets. Zeps product portfolio includes anti-bacterial and industrial hand care products, cleaners, degreasers, deodorizers, disinfectants, floor finishes, sanitizers, and pest and weed control products. It continually refreshes its product portfolio and service offerings. Zep reaches its customers through an experienced, international organization of sales representatives supported by highly skilled marketing, research and development and technical services teams, who collectively provide creative solutions for its customers' diverse cleaning and maintenance needs by utilizing their product expertise and providing customized value added services that it distinguish Zep among its competitors. Through its direct sales organization, Zep provides convenient, highly effective cleaning and maintenance solutions to customers in a broad array of commercial, industrial, and institutional end-markets, including transportation, food processing and service, manufacturing, government, and housekeeping. These customers include government entities and businesses ranging from small sole proprietorships to large corporations. It sells its products to customers mainly in the United States, Canada and Western Europe. Zep markes these products and services under well recognized and established brand names, such as Zep , Zep Commercial, Zep Professional, Enforcer, and Selig. Zep is its flagship brand and represents largest portfolio of cleaning and maintenance solutions for commercial, industrial, and institutional customers needing highly effective product solutions and professional technical support. Zep Commercial provides professional cleaning and plumbing chemical products targeted to contractors and small business owners and are currently sold through The Home Depot, HD Supply and other retailers. Zep Professional was introduced in fiscal year 2009 and represents its portfolio of cleaning and maintenance solutions that are offered to customers in the commercial, industrial, and institutional end-markets who prefer to acquire product through the distribution channel. Selig offers a limited assortment of cleaning solutions targeted to commercial, industrial and institutional customers. It produces a range of cleaning and maintenance solutions for commercial, industrial, institutional, and consumer customers. Zeps commercial, industrial, and institutional customers include government entities and businesses ranging from small sole proprietorships to large corporations as well as distributors. Its sales and service organization covers the United States, Canada, Italy, Belgium, Luxemburg, the Netherlands and certain other smaller markets. It manufactures products at six facilities located in the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, and Italy.The key raw materi

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