Valiant Petroleum (LSE:VPP) Debt-to-Equity : 0.29 (As of Jun. 2012)

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What is Valiant Petroleum Debt-to-Equity?

Valiant Petroleum's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2012 was £0.0 Mil. Valiant Petroleum's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2012 was £67.5 Mil. Valiant Petroleum's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2012 was £229.9 Mil. Valiant Petroleum's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2012 was 0.29.

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

LSE:VPP's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked ^*
in the Oil & Gas industry.
Industry Median: 0.45
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-Equity only.

Valiant Petroleum Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Valiant Petroleum'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.

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Valiant Petroleum Debt-to-Equity Chart

Valiant Petroleum Annual Data

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Sep07

Dec08

Dec09

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Dec11

Debt-to-Equity

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1.20

0.67

0.44

0.01

Valiant Petroleum Semi-Annual Data
	Mar08	Jun09	Dec09	Jun10	Dec10	Jun11	Dec11	Jun12
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial			0.45	0.44	0.06	0.01	0.29

Competitive Comparison of Valiant Petroleum's Debt-to-Equity

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Valiant Petroleum'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.

Valiant Petroleum's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Valiant Petroleum's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Valiant Petroleum Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Valiant Petroleum's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2011 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	+	2.766)	/	249.1
	=	0.01

Valiant Petroleum's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2012 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	+	67.523)	/	229.894
	=	0.29

Valiant Petroleum (LSE:VPP) 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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