SCCI (Shimmick Construction Company) Debt-to-Equity: N/A (As of Jun. 2015)

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What is Shimmick Construction Company Debt-to-Equity?

Shimmick Construction Company's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was $7.13 Mil. Shimmick Construction Company's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was $25.25 Mil. Shimmick Construction Company's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was $0.00 Mil.

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 Shimmick Construction Company's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

SCCI's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked *
in the Construction industry.
Industry Median: 0.41
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-Equity only.

Shimmick Construction Company  (NAS:SCCI) 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.

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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.

Shimmick Construction Company Debt-to-Equity Related Terms

Shimmick Construction Company Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Shimmick Construction Company'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.

Shimmick Construction Company Debt-to-Equity Chart

Shimmick Construction Company Annual Data
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Shimmick Construction Company Semi-Annual Data
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SCCI vs TSSI, SWMM, SFHI: Debt-to-Equity Comparison

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Shimmick Construction Company'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.

Shimmick Construction Company Debt-to-Equity vs Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Shimmick Construction Company's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Shimmick Construction Company's Debt-to-Equity falls into.


Shimmick Construction Company Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Shimmick Construction Company's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014 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
=(2.636 + 24.115) / N/A
=N/A

Shimmick Construction Company's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 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
=(7.132 + 25.251) / 0
=N/A

* 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.

Shimmick Construction Company Business Description

Shimmick Construction Company Inc is a heavy civil construction company founded in 1990. The Company is engaged in construction activities in the western United States, with operations in California. The Company offers general construction, construction management, and design-build services to federal, state, and local public agencies and private customers in California and the Western United States. The Company operates in two segments including construction Projects and Construction Materials. The Construction Projects segment performs construction projects including new construction and improvement of streets, roads, highways, bridges, site work, underground, power-related facilities, utilities and other infrastructure projects. The Construction Materials segment mines and processes aggregates and operates plants that produce construction materials for internal use and for sale to third parties. The Company's customers include Caltrans, City of San Francisco, Port of Long Beach, Port of Los Angeles, City of Los Angeles, LA MTA, BART, VTA, and the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD). The Company faces competition from competitors including Balfour Beatty plc, Barnard Construction Company, Inc., Dragados S.A., Flatiron Construction Corp., Fluor Corporation, Granite Construction Incorporated, Kiewit Corporation, Obayashi Corporation, Skanska AB, Traylor Bros., Inc., Tutor Perini Corporation, and Walsh Construction Co. The Company's business is subject to various federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the environment, including those relating to discharges to air, water and land, the handling and disposal of solid and hazardous waste, the handling of underground storage tanks and the cleanup of properties affected by hazardous substances.