Bufab AB (OSTO:BUFAB) Debt-to-Equity : 0.96 (As of Mar. 2024)

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What is Bufab AB Debt-to-Equity?

Bufab AB's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was kr330 Mil. Bufab AB's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was kr3,202 Mil. Bufab AB's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was kr3,685 Mil. Bufab AB's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.96.

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 Bufab AB's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

OSTO:BUFAB' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.56 Med: 0.89 Max: 1.52
Current: 0.96

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Bufab AB was 1.52. The lowest was 0.56. And the median was 0.89.

OSTO:BUFAB's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
74.63% of 134 companies
in the Industrial Distribution industry
Industry Median: 0.5 vs OSTO:BUFAB: 0.96

Bufab AB Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

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

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Bufab AB Debt-to-Equity Chart

Bufab AB Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Debt-to-Equity

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1.29

0.93

0.95

1.34

1.05

Bufab AB 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															1.16	1.22	1.15	1.05	0.96

Competitive Comparison of Bufab AB's Debt-to-Equity

For the Industrial Distribution subindustry, Bufab AB'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.

Bufab AB's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Industrial Distribution Industry

For the Industrial Distribution industry and Industrials sector, Bufab AB's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Bufab AB Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Bufab AB'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
	=	(271	+	3311)	/	3418
	=	1.05

Bufab AB'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
	=	(330	+	3202)	/	3685
	=	0.96

Bufab AB (OSTO:BUFAB) 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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Bufab AB (OSTO:BUFAB) Business Description

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Address

Box 2266, Varnamo, SWE, SE-331 02

Website

https://www.bufab.com

Bufab AB is a trading company. The company offers its customers a full-service solution as a Supply Chain Partner for sourcing, quality control, and logistics for C-parts screws, nuts, and washers. The group serves a variety of industries, including telecommunication, automotive, furniture, offshore, refining industry, and construction sector. Its geographical segments are North (Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Denmark), West (n France, the Netherlands, Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria, and Spain), East (Poland, Hungary, Romania, the Baltic States, Russia, Slovakia, Turkey, China, Singapore and other countries in Southeast Asia, and India), and UK/North America (UK, Ireland, the United States, and Mexico).

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