Orient Telecoms (LSE:ORNT) Debt-to-Equity : 0.27 (As of Sep. 2023)

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What is Orient Telecoms Debt-to-Equity?

Orient Telecoms's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was £0.05 Mil. Orient Telecoms's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was £0.10 Mil. Orient Telecoms's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was £0.55 Mil. Orient Telecoms's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.27.

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

LSE:ORNT' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.19 Med: 0.42 Max: 0.59
Current: 0.27

During the past 7 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Orient Telecoms was 0.59. The lowest was 0.19. And the median was 0.42.

LSE:ORNT's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
72.01% of 343 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 0.65 vs LSE:ORNT: 0.27

Orient Telecoms Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

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

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Orient Telecoms Debt-to-Equity Chart

Orient Telecoms Annual Data

Trend

Mar17

Mar18

Mar19

Mar20

Mar21

Mar22

Mar23

Debt-to-Equity

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0.19

0.49

0.59

0.38

Orient Telecoms Semi-Annual Data
	Sep17	Mar18	Sep18	Mar19	Sep19	Mar20	Sep20	Mar21	Sep21	Mar22	Sep22	Mar23	Sep23
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial								0.37	0.59	0.54	0.38	0.27

Competitive Comparison of Orient Telecoms's Debt-to-Equity

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Orient Telecoms'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.

Orient Telecoms's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Orient Telecoms's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Orient Telecoms Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Orient Telecoms's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 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
	=	(0.099	+	0.106)	/	0.541
	=	0.38

Orient Telecoms's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 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
	=	(0.048	+	0.101)	/	0.549
	=	0.27

Orient Telecoms (LSE:ORNT) 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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Orient Telecoms (LSE:ORNT) Business Description

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Traded in Other Exchanges

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Address

Jalan Stesen Sentral 5, Suite 2B-25-1, 25th Floor, Plaza Sentral, Block 2B, Kuala Lumpur, SGR, MYS, 50470

Website

https://www.orient-telecoms.com

Orient Telecoms PLC is a company that provides telecommunication services using the network infrastructure owned by other network operators to enable cost-effective and rapid connectivity to large bandwidth consumers initially in Malaysia and subsequently within other Southeast Asian countries. It operates in a highly competitive and saturated market as the company is not involved in building its own network infrastructure which would require significant capital expenditure.

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