AstroNova (FRA:AZO) Debt-to-Equity : 0.64 (As of Jan. 2025)

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What is AstroNova Debt-to-Equity?

AstroNova's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was €27.0 Mil. AstroNova's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was €19.9 Mil. AstroNova's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was €73.2 Mil. AstroNova's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was 0.64.

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

FRA:AZO' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.13 Med: 0.29 Max: 0.64
Current: 0.64

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of AstroNova was 0.64. The lowest was 0.13. And the median was 0.29.

FRA:AZO's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
75.16% of 2174 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 0.28 vs FRA:AZO: 0.64

AstroNova Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

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

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AstroNova Debt-to-Equity Chart

AstroNova Annual Data

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Debt-to-Equity

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0.25

0.13

0.37

0.25

0.64

AstroNova Quarterly Data
	Apr20	Jul20	Oct20	Jan21	Apr21	Jul21	Oct21	Jan22	Apr22	Jul22	Oct22	Jan23	Apr23	Jul23	Oct23	Jan24	Apr24	Jul24	Oct24	Jan25
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.25	0.18	0.52	0.55	0.64

Competitive Comparison of AstroNova's Debt-to-Equity

For the Computer Hardware subindustry, AstroNova's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

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AstroNova's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, AstroNova's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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AstroNova Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

AstroNova's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2025 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
	=	(26.99	+	19.879)	/	73.174
	=	0.64

AstroNova's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 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
	=	(26.99	+	19.879)	/	73.174
	=	0.64

AstroNova (FRA:AZO) 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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600 East Greenwich Avenue, West Warwick, RI, USA, 02893

Website

https://www.astronovainc.com

AstroNova Inc designs, develops, manufactures, and distributes a broad range of specialty printers and data acquisition and analysis systems, including both hardware and software, which incorporate technologies to acquire, store, analyze, and present data in multiple formats sold under the QuickLabel, TrojanLabel and GetLabels brand names. Its target markets for hardware and software products include aerospace, apparel, automotive, avionics, chemicals, computer peripherals, communications, distribution, food and beverage, general manufacturing, packaging, and transportation. It has two segments, Product Identification (PI) and Test & Measurement (T&M). It generates the majority of its revenue from the PI segment that includes specialty printing systems and related supplies.