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Candyking Holding AB (OSTO:CANDY) Debt-to-Equity : 1.75 (As of Mar. 2015)


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What is Candyking Holding AB Debt-to-Equity?

Candyking Holding AB's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2015 was kr25.20 Mil. Candyking Holding AB's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2015 was kr741.40 Mil. Candyking Holding AB's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2015 was kr438.90 Mil. Candyking Holding AB's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2015 was 1.75.

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

OSTO:CANDY's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked *
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry.
Industry Median: 0.39
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-Equity only.

Candyking Holding AB Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Candyking Holding AB'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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Candyking Holding AB Debt-to-Equity Chart

Candyking Holding AB Annual Data
Trend Dec12 Dec13 Dec14
Debt-to-Equity
12.92 16.08 1.70

Candyking Holding AB Quarterly Data
Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15
Debt-to-Equity Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 102.65 -280.37 1.72 1.70 1.75

Competitive Comparison of Candyking Holding AB's Debt-to-Equity

For the Confectioners subindustry, Candyking Holding 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.


Candyking Holding AB's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Candyking Holding AB's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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



Candyking Holding AB Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Candyking Holding AB's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as

Candyking Holding AB's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2015 is calculated as

* 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.


Candyking Holding AB  (OSTO:CANDY) 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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Candyking Holding AB Business Description

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Candyking Holding AB was founded in 1984. It is a supplier of pick & mix in the Nordic region, the UK and Ireland and has operations in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. Candyking's confectionery concept and brands are Candyking, Karamellkungen, Premiyum and Candyking Favourites.

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