Leader Education (HKSE:01449) Debt-to-Equity : 1.02 (As of Aug. 2023)

View and export this data going back to 2020. Start your Free Trial

What is Leader Education Debt-to-Equity?

Leader Education's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 was HK$389.1 Mil. Leader Education's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 was HK$611.6 Mil. Leader Education's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 was HK$981.4 Mil. Leader Education's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 was 1.02.

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

HKSE:01449' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.94 Med: 1.03 Max: 1.92
Current: 1.02

During the past 7 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Leader Education was 1.92. The lowest was 0.94. And the median was 1.03.

HKSE:01449's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
78.03% of 223 companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 0.35 vs HKSE:01449: 1.02

Leader Education Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Leader Education'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.

* Premium members only.

Leader Education Debt-to-Equity Chart

Leader Education Annual Data

Trend

Aug17

Aug18

Aug19

Aug20

Aug21

Aug22

Aug23

Debt-to-Equity

Get a 7-Day Free Trial

1.59

1.03

0.94

1.02

Leader Education Semi-Annual Data
	Aug17	Aug18	Feb19	Aug19	Feb20	Aug20	Feb21	Aug21	Feb22	Aug22	Feb23	Aug23	Feb24
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial								0.99	0.94	0.97	1.02	N/A

Competitive Comparison of Leader Education's Debt-to-Equity

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Leader Education'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.

Leader Education's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Leader Education's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Leader Education Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Leader Education's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023 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
	=	(389.066	+	611.636)	/	981.375
	=	1.02

Leader Education's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 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
	=	(389.066	+	611.636)	/	981.375
	=	1.02

Leader Education (HKSE:01449) 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.

Leader Education Debt-to-Equity Related Terms

Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of Leader Education's Debt-to-Equity provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.

Leader Education (HKSE:01449) Business Description

Industry

GURUFOCUS.COM » STOCK LIST » Consumer Defensive » Education » Leader Education Ltd (HKSE:01449) » Definitions » Debt-to-Equity

Comparable Companies

Traded in Other Exchanges

N/A

Address

Qunying Jie No. 33, Xueyuan Road, Limin Development Zone, Heilongjiang Province, Harbin, CHN, 150025

Website

https://www.hibu.edu.cn

Leader Education Ltd is engaged in providing private higher education services in the People's Republic of China. The school is a degree-granting private formal university-level education institution that offers around 26 undergraduate majors in a wide range of subject areas, including engineering, management, economics, literature, and arts.

Executives

Huatai Securities Co., Ltd.	2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Shuren Education Limited	2101 Beneficial owner
Dong Ling	2201 Interest of corporation controlled by you
Liu Laixiang	2202 Interest of your spouse
Junhua Education Limited	2101 Beneficial owner

Leader Education (HKSE:01449) Headlines

No Headlines