Rcs Mediagroup (MIL:RCS) Debt-to-Equity : 0.41 (As of Mar. 2024)

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What is Rcs Mediagroup Debt-to-Equity?

Rcs Mediagroup's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €0.4 Mil. Rcs Mediagroup's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €170.4 Mil. Rcs Mediagroup's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €413.3 Mil. Rcs Mediagroup's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.41.

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 Rcs Mediagroup's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

MIL:RCS' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.05 Med: 0.62 Max: 3.84
Current: 0.41

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Rcs Mediagroup was 3.84. The lowest was 0.05. And the median was 0.62.

MIL:RCS's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
58.44% of 835 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 0.28 vs MIL:RCS: 0.41

Rcs Mediagroup Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

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

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Rcs Mediagroup Debt-to-Equity Chart

Rcs Mediagroup Annual Data

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Dec20

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Dec22

Dec23

Debt-to-Equity

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0.66

0.50

0.44

0.37

0.31

Rcs Mediagroup Quarterly Data
	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.50	0.57	0.52	0.31	0.41

Competitive Comparison of Rcs Mediagroup's Debt-to-Equity

For the Publishing subindustry, Rcs Mediagroup'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.

Rcs Mediagroup's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Rcs Mediagroup's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Rcs Mediagroup Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Rcs Mediagroup's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 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
	=	(23.2	+	106.8)	/	414.9
	=	0.31

Rcs Mediagroup's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 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
	=	(0.4	+	170.4)	/	413.3
	=	0.41

Rcs Mediagroup (MIL:RCS) 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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Rcs Mediagroup (MIL:RCS) Business Description

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Address

Via Angelo Rizzoli, 8, MIlan, ITA, 20132

Website

http://www.rcsmediagroup.it

RCS Mediagroup is a publishing company. It prints newspapers in Italy and Spain and is active in magazines, television, radio and new media, as well as one of the top operators in the advertising sales and distribution market. The company operates in daily newspapers, books, radio broadcasting, new media and digital and satellite TV, organises highly important global sporting events and is among the leading operators in advertising sales and distribution in Italy and Spain. Its operating business segments are Newspapers Italy, Magazines Italy, Advertising and Sport, Unidad Editorial, and Other Corporate activities, with maximum revenue from the Newspapers segment. Geographically, the company operates in Italy, Spain, and Other countries. The maximum revenue is derived from Italy.