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SThree (SThree) Debt-to-Equity : 0.13 (As of Nov. 2023)


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What is SThree Debt-to-Equity?

SThree's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was $14 Mil. SThree's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was $22 Mil. SThree's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was $277 Mil. SThree's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was 0.13.

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

STREF' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.04   Med: 0.21   Max: 0.54
Current: 0.13

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of SThree was 0.54. The lowest was 0.04. And the median was 0.21.

STREF's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
73.38% of 928 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 0.385 vs STREF: 0.13

SThree Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

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

SThree Annual Data
Trend Nov14 Nov15 Nov16 Nov17 Nov18 Nov19 Nov20 Nov21 Nov22 Nov23
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.04 0.28 0.22 0.17 0.13

SThree Semi-Annual Data
May14 Nov14 May15 Nov15 May16 Nov16 May17 Nov17 May18 Nov18 May19 Nov19 May20 Nov20 May21 Nov21 May22 Nov22 May23 Nov23
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 0.22 0.18 0.17 0.16 0.13

Competitive Comparison of SThree's Debt-to-Equity

For the Staffing & Employment Services subindustry, SThree'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.


SThree's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, SThree's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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



SThree Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

SThree's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Nov. 2023 is calculated as

SThree's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 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.


SThree  (GREY:STREF) 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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SThree (SThree) Business Description

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Address
75 King William Street, 1st Floor, London, GBR, EC4N 7BE
SThree PLC is involved in the staffing business. It provides contract and permanent recruitment services. The company operates in information and communication, engineering, energy, life sciences, banking, and finance sectors. It provides its service through various brands such as computer future, progressive, Huxley, real, orgtel, jpgray, Newington international and enterprise partners. The company operates in the UK, Ireland, Continental Europe, America, Asia Pacific and the Middle east.

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