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First Guaranty Bancshares (FRA:1GJ) Debt-to-Equity : 1.08 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is First Guaranty Bancshares Debt-to-Equity?

First Guaranty Bancshares's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €55.02 Mil. First Guaranty Bancshares's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €191.74 Mil. First Guaranty Bancshares's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €228.91 Mil. First Guaranty Bancshares's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.08.

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 First Guaranty Bancshares's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:1GJ' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.02   Med: 0.36   Max: 1.08
Current: 0.87

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of First Guaranty Bancshares was 1.08. The lowest was 0.02. And the median was 0.36.

FRA:1GJ's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
58.65% of 1393 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 0.68 vs FRA:1GJ: 0.87

First Guaranty Bancshares Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for First Guaranty Bancshares'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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First Guaranty Bancshares Debt-to-Equity Chart

First Guaranty Bancshares 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 0.48 0.62 0.19 0.75 1.08

First Guaranty Bancshares Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 0.55 0.86 1.40 1.08 0.87

Competitive Comparison of First Guaranty Bancshares's Debt-to-Equity

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, First Guaranty Bancshares'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.


First Guaranty Bancshares's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, First Guaranty Bancshares's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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



First Guaranty Bancshares Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

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

First Guaranty Bancshares'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.


First Guaranty Bancshares  (FRA:1GJ) 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

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First Guaranty Bancshares (FRA:1GJ) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
400 East Thomas Street, Hammond, LA, USA, 70401
First Guaranty Bancshares Inc provides personalized commercial banking services to its customers in Louisiana, through several banking facilities in the Market Services Areas. Its principal business activity includes attracting deposits and investing it together with funds generated from operations and borrowings insecurities and in lending activities to serve the credit needs of its customer base. The company offers commercial real estate loans, commercial and industrial loans, construction and land development loans, agricultural and farmland loans, and to a lesser extent, consumer and multifamily loans.

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