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Nicca Chemical Co (TSE:4463) Debt-to-Equity : 0.32 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Nicca Chemical Co Debt-to-Equity?

Nicca Chemical Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 円6,218 Mil. Nicca Chemical Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 円3,610 Mil. Nicca Chemical Co's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 円31,039 Mil. Nicca Chemical Co's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.32.

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 Nicca Chemical Co's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

TSE:4463' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.31   Med: 0.86   Max: 1.11
Current: 0.32

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Nicca Chemical Co was 1.11. The lowest was 0.31. And the median was 0.86.

TSE:4463's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
53.81% of 1392 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 0.36 vs TSE:4463: 0.32

Nicca Chemical Co Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nicca Chemical Co'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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Nicca Chemical Co Debt-to-Equity Chart

Nicca Chemical Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.97 0.79 0.47 0.37 0.31

Nicca Chemical Co Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 0.37 0.32 0.34 0.31 0.32

Competitive Comparison of Nicca Chemical Co's Debt-to-Equity

For the Chemicals subindustry, Nicca Chemical Co'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.


Nicca Chemical Co's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Nicca Chemical Co's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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



Nicca Chemical Co Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Nicca Chemical Co's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Nicca Chemical Co's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 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.


Nicca Chemical Co  (TSE:4463) 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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Nicca Chemical Co (TSE:4463) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
23-1, 4-chome, Bunkyo, Fukui, JPN, 910-8670
Nicca Chemical Co Ltd is engaged in chemical business. It manufactures and sells surfactants for the textile chemicals, metals, pulp and paper, paints, dyes, and synthetic resins, cosmetics, and pharmaceutical products. It also offers a range of surfactants for dry cleaning and professional cleaning agents.

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