PPC (STU:OZV2) Debt-to-Equity : 0.12 (As of Sep. 2024)

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What is PPC Debt-to-Equity?

PPC's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €2.0 Mil. PPC's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €31.0 Mil. PPC's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €276.3 Mil. PPC's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.12.

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

STU:OZV2' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.12 Med: 0.61 Max: 3.29
Current: 0.12

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of PPC was 3.29. The lowest was 0.12. And the median was 0.61.

STU:OZV2's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
80.06% of 356 companies
in the Building Materials industry
Industry Median: 0.37 vs STU:OZV2: 0.12

PPC Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

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

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PPC Debt-to-Equity Chart

PPC Annual Data

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Debt-to-Equity

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0.76

0.37

0.22

0.16

PPC Semi-Annual Data
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Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.24	0.22	0.18	0.16	0.12

Competitive Comparison of PPC's Debt-to-Equity

For the Building Materials subindustry, PPC'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.

PPC's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Building Materials Industry

For the Building Materials industry and Basic Materials sector, PPC's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

PPC Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

PPC's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 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
	=	(28.848	+	16.694)	/	291.408
	=	0.16

PPC's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 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
	=	(1.997	+	31.032)	/	276.269
	=	0.12

PPC (STU:OZV2) 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

5 Parks Boulevard, First Floor, Oxford Parks, Dunkeld, Johannesburg, GT, ZAF, 2196

Website

https://www.ppc.africa

PPC Ltd is a South Africa-based company that supplies cement and other related products in South Africa and several other African countries. Its production facilities span South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Rwanda. The operating segments are South Africa and Botswana Cement, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Aggregates, ash and readymix, and Group services and others. The company generates the majority of its revenue from the South Africa and Botswana domestic markets, where it marketed its cement products under the brand names OPC, SureRoad, IDM Best Build, Castle, and Spar Build-It. It also distributes cement products in Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Ethiopia under the brands OPC, Unicem, Botcem, and Surebuild PMC.

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