LTS (TSE:6560) Debt-to-Equity : 1.29 (As of Mar. 2024)

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What is LTS Debt-to-Equity?

LTS's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 円1,151 Mil. LTS's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 円3,785 Mil. LTS's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 円3,821 Mil. LTS's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.29.

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

TSE:6560' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.03 Med: 0.21 Max: 1.46
Current: 1.29

During the past 9 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of LTS was 1.46. The lowest was 0.03. And the median was 0.21.

TSE:6560's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
79.66% of 929 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 0.37 vs TSE:6560: 1.29

LTS Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

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

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LTS Debt-to-Equity Chart

LTS Annual Data

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Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Debt-to-Equity

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0.06

0.69

0.47

0.21

1.46

LTS 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															0.17	0.15	0.56	1.46	1.29

Competitive Comparison of LTS's Debt-to-Equity

For the Consulting Services subindustry, LTS'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.

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

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

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

LTS Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

LTS's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 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
	=	(1181.777	+	4011.949)	/	3570.442
	=	1.45

LTS's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter 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
	=	(1151	+	3785)	/	3821
	=	1.29

LTS (TSE:6560) 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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LTS (TSE:6560) Business Description

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LTS Inc offers professional services to promote transformations and improvements of enterprise and their employee's work styles. Its service offerings include business consulting, information technology (IT) consulting, human resource (HR) consulting, business process modeling, outsourcing planning, data analysis, digital marketing, and cloud integration, among others.

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