Frontier Developments (STU:5FD) Debt-to-Equity : 0.28 (As of May. 2024)

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What is Frontier Developments Debt-to-Equity?

Frontier Developments's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in May. 2024 was €2.0 Mil. Frontier Developments's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in May. 2024 was €22.8 Mil. Frontier Developments's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in May. 2024 was €89.8 Mil. Frontier Developments's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in May. 2024 was 0.28.

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

STU:5FD' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.18 Med: 0.2 Max: 0.28
Current: 0.28

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Frontier Developments was 0.28. The lowest was 0.18. And the median was 0.20.

STU:5FD's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
64.9% of 416 companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: 0.15 vs STU:5FD: 0.28

Frontier Developments Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

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

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Frontier Developments Debt-to-Equity Chart

Frontier Developments Annual Data

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0.24

0.20

0.18

0.20

0.28

Frontier Developments Semi-Annual Data
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Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.18	0.16	0.20	0.30	0.28

Competitive Comparison of Frontier Developments's Debt-to-Equity

For the Electronic Gaming & Multimedia subindustry, Frontier Developments'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.

Frontier Developments's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Frontier Developments's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Frontier Developments Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Frontier Developments's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in May. 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
	=	(2.044	+	22.844)	/	89.837
	=	0.28

Frontier Developments's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in May. 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
	=	(2.044	+	22.844)	/	89.837
	=	0.28

Frontier Developments (STU:5FD) 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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Address

Milton Road, 26 Science Park, Cambridge, GBR, CB4 0FP

Website

https://www.frontier.co.uk

Frontier Developments PLC develops video games for interactive entertainment sector. It develops games using its Cobra proprietary cross-platform technology along with industry-standard software packages, allowing code and resources developed on PC to be compiled. Its games include RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, LostWinds, Kinectimals, Kinect Disneyland Adventures and Coaster Crazy games. It has one reportable segment: Self-Published Work. Business operations are based in the UK and its North American subsidiary, Frontier Developments Inc. in the United States. The company has one operating segment, being revenue from publishing games and revenue from other streams such as royalties and licensing.

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