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Sevcon (Sevcon) Debt-to-Equity : 1.06 (As of Jun. 2017)


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What is Sevcon Debt-to-Equity?

Sevcon's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2017 was $0.80 Mil. Sevcon's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2017 was $16.64 Mil. Sevcon's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2017 was $16.39 Mil. Sevcon's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2017 was 1.06.

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

SEVAP.PFD' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0   Med: 0.21   Max: 1.06
Current: 1.06

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Sevcon was 1.06. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.21.

SEVAP.PFD's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked
in the Semiconductors industry.
Industry Median: 0.26 vs SEVAP.PFD: 1.06

Sevcon Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sevcon'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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Sevcon Debt-to-Equity Chart

Sevcon Annual Data
Trend Sep07 Sep08 Sep09 Sep10 Sep11 Sep12 Sep13 Sep14 Sep15 Sep16
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.28 0.25 0.11 0.03 0.79

Sevcon Quarterly Data
Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17
Debt-to-Equity Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.01 0.79 0.79 0.88 1.06

Competitive Comparison of Sevcon's Debt-to-Equity

For the Semiconductors subindustry, Sevcon'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.


Sevcon's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Sevcon's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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



Sevcon Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Sevcon's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2016 is calculated as

Sevcon's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2017 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.


Sevcon  (OTCPK:SEVAP.PFD) 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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Sevcon (Sevcon) Business Description

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Sevcon Inc through its wholly-owned subsidiaries is engaged in designing and selling, under the Sevcon name, motor controls for zero emission electric and hybrid vehicles.
Executives
Bassi Holding S.r.l. 10 percent owner VIA MENSA 3/2, S. MARIA IN FABRIAGO, LUGO (RA) L6 48022
Andrea Bassi 10 percent owner, officer: General Manager, Bassi S.r.l VIA MENSA, 3/2 S MARIA IN FABRIAGO, LUGO RA L6 48022
David Sidlow officer: Managing Director, Sevcon Ltd KINGSWAY SOUTH, GATESHEAD, TYNE AND WEAR X0 NE11 0QA
Meson Constructive Capital Lp 10 percent owner 12 ARANA CIRCLE, SAUSALITO CA 94965
Matthew Goldfarb director C/O DIEBOLD NIXDORF, INCORPORATED, 5995 MAYFAIR ROAD, NORTH CANTON OH 44720
Ryan J. Morris director 531 E. STATE ST., ITHACA NY 14850
Glenn Angiolillo director C/O NYMAGIC INC, 919 THIRD AVENUE, 10TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Walter Milton Schenker director 1130 ROUTE 46, SUITE 22, PARSIPPANY NJ 07054
Frederick A Wang director 155 NORTHBORO ROAD, SOUTHBOROUGH MA 01772
William J Ketelhut director C/O ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES INC, 2956 WATERVIEW DR, ROCHESTER HILLS MI 48309
Paul Neil Farquhar officer: Vice President and Treasurer 3 DUXBURY PARK, FATFIELD, WASHINGTON X0 NE38 8BJ
Marvin G Schorr director NINE HAMPSHIRE STREET, MANSFIELD MA 02048-9171
Bernard F Start director
Paul B Rosenberg director
Paul O Stump director C/O TECH/OPS SEVCON, INC., 155 NORTHBORO ROAD, SOUTHBOROUGH MA 01772