LPA Group (LSE:LPA) Debt-to-Equity : 0.18 (As of Sep. 2024)

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What is LPA Group Debt-to-Equity?

LPA Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was £0.30 Mil. LPA Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was £2.53 Mil. LPA Group's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was £16.23 Mil. LPA Group's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.17.

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

LSE:LPA' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.15 Med: 0.25 Max: 0.34
Current: 0.18

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of LPA Group was 0.34. The lowest was 0.15. And the median was 0.25.

LSE:LPA's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
62.83% of 2591 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 0.29 vs LSE:LPA: 0.18

LPA Group Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

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

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LPA Group Debt-to-Equity Chart

LPA Group Annual Data

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Sep24

Debt-to-Equity

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0.29

0.22

0.18

0.15

0.18

LPA Group Semi-Annual Data
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Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.18	0.18	0.15	0.18	0.18

Competitive Comparison of LPA Group's Debt-to-Equity

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, LPA Group'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.

LPA Group's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, LPA Group's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

LPA Group Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

LPA Group's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2024 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
	=	(0.299	+	2.534)	/	16.229
	=	0.17

LPA Group's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 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
	=	(0.299	+	2.534)	/	16.229
	=	0.17

LPA Group (LSE:LPA) 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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Website

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LPA Group PLC is a designer, manufacturer, and supplier of LED lighting, industrial electrical, electro mechanical systems, and is a distributor of engineered components. The Group comprises three divisions: LPA Connection Systems (electro-mechanical), LPA Lighting Systems (lighting & electronics) and LPA Channel Electric (engineered component distribution), which collectively design, manufacture and market industrial electrical and electronic products. It operates across three market segments: Rail; Aerospace & Defence and Other Its geographic markets are the United Kingdom, Rest of Europe, Rest of World. The majority of revenue originates in the United Kingdom.