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Sears Canada (Sears Canada) Liabilities-to-Assets : 0.93 (As of Apr. 2017)


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What is Sears Canada Liabilities-to-Assets?

Liabilities-to-Assets is a solvency ratio indicating how much of the company’s assets are made of liabilities, calculated as total liabilities divided by total asset. Sears Canada's Total Liabilities for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2017 was $824 Mil. Sears Canada's Total Assets for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2017 was $884 Mil. Therefore, Sears Canada's Liabilities-to-Assets Ratio for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2017 was 0.93.


Sears Canada Liabilities-to-Assets Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sears Canada's Liabilities-to-Assets 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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Sears Canada Liabilities-to-Assets Chart

Sears Canada Annual Data
Trend Jan08 Jan09 Jan10 Jan11 Jan12 Jan13 Jan14 Jan15 Jan16 Jan17
Liabilities-to-Assets
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.57 0.55 0.68 0.66 0.82

Sears Canada Quarterly Data
Jul12 Oct12 Jan13 Apr13 Jul13 Oct13 Jan14 Apr14 Jul14 Oct14 Jan15 Apr15 Jul15 Oct15 Jan16 Apr16 Jul16 Oct16 Jan17 Apr17
Liabilities-to-Assets 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 0.70 0.73 0.79 0.82 0.93

Competitive Comparison of Sears Canada's Liabilities-to-Assets

For the Department Stores subindustry, Sears Canada's Liabilities-to-Assets, along with its competitors' market caps and Liabilities-to-Assets 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.


Sears Canada's Liabilities-to-Assets Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Sears Canada's Liabilities-to-Assets distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sears Canada's Liabilities-to-Assets falls into.



Sears Canada Liabilities-to-Assets Calculation

Liabilities-to-Assets ratio measures the portion of the total liabilities to the total asset. It indicates the leverage of the company, and the amount of debt the company uses in its operation.

Liabilities-to-Assets ratio is calculated by dividing total liabilities by total asset.

Sears Canada's Liabilities-to-Assets Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2017 is calculated as:

Liabilities-to-Assets (A: Jan. 2017 )=Total Liabilities/Total Assets
=775.393/943.943
=0.82

Sears Canada's Liabilities-to-Assets Ratio for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2017 is calculated as

Liabilities-to-Assets (Q: Apr. 2017 )=Total Liabilities/Total Assets
=824.44/883.679
=0.93

* 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.


Sears Canada  (OTCPK:SRSCQ) Liabilities-to-Assets Explanation

Liabilities-to-Assets is a solvency ratio indicating how much of the company’s assets are made of liabilities. It can vary greatly across different industries, as they have different capital structure. A high Liabilities-to-Assets ratio (more leveraged) suggests that the company might have potential solvency problems, or even a signal of financial distress. Conversely, a low Liabilities-to-Assets ratio usually indicates a healthy financial situation. However, it may also suggest that the company is not expanding or not making good use of debt.


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Sears Canada (Sears Canada) Business Description

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Address
290 Yonge Street, Suite 700, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5B 2C3
Sears Canada Inc is in the sale of goods and services through the Company's Retail channels. It comprised of one reportable segment, Merchandising. Which includes its full-line department, Sears Home, Hometown, Outlet, Corbeil Electrique Inc. stores, and its Direct (catalog/internet) channel. It also includes service revenue related primarily to logistics services provided through the Company. Commission revenue includes travel, home improvement services, insurance, wireless and long-distance plans. Licensee fee revenue is comprised of payments received from licensees that operate within the Company stores.

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