Sigma-Aldrich (FRA:SIQ) Debt-to-Equity : 0.09 (As of Sep. 2015)

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What is Sigma-Aldrich Debt-to-Equity?

Sigma-Aldrich's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2015 was €0 Mil. Sigma-Aldrich's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2015 was €267 Mil. Sigma-Aldrich's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2015 was €2,992 Mil. Sigma-Aldrich's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2015 was 0.09.

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

FRA:SIQ' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0 Med: 0 Max: 0
Current: 0.09

FRA:SIQ's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked
in the Chemicals industry.
Industry Median: 0.35 vs FRA:SIQ: 0.09

Sigma-Aldrich Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

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

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Sigma-Aldrich Debt-to-Equity Chart

Sigma-Aldrich Annual Data

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Debt-to-Equity

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0.27

0.24

0.27

0.13

0.14

Sigma-Aldrich Quarterly Data
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Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.10	0.14	0.10	0.09	0.09

Competitive Comparison of Sigma-Aldrich's Debt-to-Equity

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Sigma-Aldrich'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.

Sigma-Aldrich's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

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

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

Sigma-Aldrich Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Sigma-Aldrich's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 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
	=	(117.595	+	243.3)	/	2538.43
	=	0.14

Sigma-Aldrich's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 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
	=	(0	+	267.3)	/	2991.978
	=	0.09

Sigma-Aldrich (FRA:SIQ) 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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Sigma-Aldrich Corp was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware in May 1975. The Company is a life science and a technology company that helps in enhancing human health and safety. The Company manufactures and distributes chemicals, biochemicals and other essential products and equipment products to its customers in research and applied labs as well as in industrial and commercial markets. The Company operates in three units including Research, Applied and SAFC Commercial. The Research unit products and services includes chemicals, reagents and kits, enabling the scientists to discover and develop new drugs and materials; Applied unit products and services includes high quality components and kits, chemical reagents, critical raw materials and certified reference standards, providing customized solutions to and constitute critical components and materials for diagnostic companies, testing laboratories and industrial companies; SAFC Commercial unit's products and services are used by its customers to develop and manufacture pharma, biopharma and electronics products. Its customers include pharmaceutical companies, universities, commercial laboratories, industrial companies, biotechnology companies, non-profit organizations, governmental institutions, diagnostic, chemical and electronics companies and hospitals. The Company's trademarks are the brand names; Sigma-Aldrich, Sigma, Aldrich, Fluka, Riedel-de HaÃ«n, Supelco, SAFC, SAFC Biosciences, SAFC Hitech, Genosys, Proligo, Pharmorphix, Cerilliant, Vetec, BioReliance and Cell Marque. The Company is subject to extensive regulation by federal, state and local governments and similar international agencies relating to the manufacture, sale and distribution of its products.

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