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Akita Drilling (TSX:AKT.B) Debt-to-Equity : 0.45 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Akita Drilling Debt-to-Equity?

Akita Drilling's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$0.6 Mil. Akita Drilling's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$69.8 Mil. Akita Drilling's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$156.0 Mil. Akita Drilling's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.45.

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

TSX:AKT.B' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.08   Med: 0.45   Max: 0.69
Current: 0.45

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Akita Drilling was 0.69. The lowest was 0.08. And the median was 0.45.

TSX:AKT.B's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
50.3% of 829 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 0.44 vs TSX:AKT.B: 0.45

Akita Drilling Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Akita Drilling'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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Akita Drilling Debt-to-Equity Chart

Akita Drilling 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 0.36 0.51 0.67 0.69 0.45

Akita Drilling Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 0.69 0.63 0.53 0.51 0.45

Competitive Comparison of Akita Drilling's Debt-to-Equity

For the Oil & Gas Drilling subindustry, Akita Drilling'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.


Akita Drilling's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Akita Drilling's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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



Akita Drilling Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Akita Drilling's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Akita Drilling's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 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.


Akita Drilling  (TSX:AKT.B) 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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Akita Drilling (TSX:AKT.B) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
333-7th Avenue SW, Suite 1000, Calgary, AB, CAN, T2P 2Z1
Akita Drilling Ltd is a Canadian oil and gas drilling contractor. The company is engaged in providing contract drilling services, primarily to the oil and gas industry, in Canada and the United States. The company owns and operates over 35 drilling rigs. It is also involved in the drilling related to potash mining and the development of storage caverns.

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