Monsanto Co (XSWX:MOO) Debt-to-Equity : 1.01 (As of Feb. 2018)

Monsanto Co Debt-to-Equity Chart

Monsanto Co Annual Data
	Trend	Aug08	Aug09	Aug10	Aug11	Aug12	Aug13	Aug14	Aug15	Aug16	Aug17
Debt-to-Equity		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					0.17	0.98	1.29	1.99	1.26

Monsanto Co Quarterly Data
	May13	Aug13	Nov13	Feb14	May14	Aug14	Nov14	Feb15	May15	Aug15	Nov15	Feb16	May16	Aug16	Nov16	Feb17	May17	Aug17	Nov17	Feb18
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															1.66	1.51	1.26	1.23	1.01

Competitive Comparison of Monsanto Co's Debt-to-Equity

For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, Monsanto 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.

Monsanto Co's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Agriculture Industry

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

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

Monsanto Co Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Monsanto Co's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2017 is calculated as

Monsanto Co's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2018 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.

Monsanto Co  (XSWX:MOO) 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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