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Aetna's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 was $375 Mil. Aetna's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 was $7,782 Mil. Aetna's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 was $18,291 Mil. Aetna's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 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 Aetna's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:
The historical data trend for Aetna'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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Trend | Dec08 | Dec09 | Dec10 | Dec11 | Dec12 | Dec13 | Dec14 | Dec15 | Dec16 | Dec17 | |||||||||||
Debt-to-Equity | Get a 7-Day Free Trial | 0.59 | 0.59 | 0.48 | 1.16 | 0.59 |
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Dec13 | Mar14 | Jun14 | Sep14 | Dec14 | Mar15 | Jun15 | Sep15 | Dec15 | Mar16 | Jun16 | Sep16 | Dec16 | Mar17 | Jun17 | Sep17 | Dec17 | Mar18 | Jun18 | Sep18 | |
Debt-to-Equity | Get a 7-Day Free Trial | 0.65 | 0.59 | 0.56 | 0.47 | 0.45 |
For the Healthcare Plans subindustry, Aetna'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 Healthcare Plans industry and Healthcare sector, Aetna's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Aetna's Debt-to-Equity falls into.
Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.
Aetna's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2017 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 | |
= | (999 | + | 8160) | / | 15580 | |
= | 0.59 |
Aetna's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 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 | |
= | (375 | + | 7782) | / | 18291 | |
= | 0.45 |
* 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.
Aetna (NYSE:AET) 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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Harold L Paz | officer: EVP & Chief Medical Officer | AETNA INC., 151 FARMINGTON AVENUE, HARTFORD CT 06156 |
Molly Joel Coye | director | AETNA INC, 151 FARMINGTON AVENUE, HARTFORD CT 06156 |
Jeffrey E Garten | director | AETNA INC., 151 FARMINGTON AVENUE, HARTFORD CT 06156 |
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Mark T Bertolini | director, officer: Chairman and CEO | AETNA INC., 151 FARMINGTON AVENUE, HARTFORD CT 06156 |
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