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Valhi's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $88 Mil. Valhi's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $545 Mil. Valhi's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $1,023 Mil. Valhi's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.62.
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 Valhi's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:
During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Valhi was 4.67. The lowest was 0.54. And the median was 1.26.
The historical data trend for Valhi'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.
Valhi Annual Data | |||||||||||||||||||||
Trend | Dec14 | Dec15 | Dec16 | Dec17 | Dec18 | Dec19 | Dec20 | Dec21 | Dec22 | Dec23 | |||||||||||
Debt-to-Equity | Get a 7-Day Free Trial | 1.29 | 1.19 | 0.81 | 0.61 | 0.61 |
Valhi Quarterly Data | ||||||||||||||||||||
Dec19 | Mar20 | Jun20 | Sep20 | Dec20 | Mar21 | Jun21 | Sep21 | Dec21 | Mar22 | Jun22 | Sep22 | Dec22 | Mar23 | Jun23 | Sep23 | Dec23 | Mar24 | Jun24 | Sep24 | |
Debt-to-Equity | Get a 7-Day Free Trial | 0.60 | 0.61 | 0.58 | 0.54 | 0.62 |
For the Chemicals subindustry, Valhi'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.
For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Valhi's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Valhi's Debt-to-Equity falls into.
Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.
Valhi'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 | |
= | (4.6 | + | 564.4) | / | 935.8 | |
= | 0.61 |
Valhi'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 | |
= | (88.4 | + | 544.7) | / | 1022.5 | |
= | 0.62 |
* 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.
Valhi (NYSE:VHI) 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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