Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (Asia Pacific Wire & Cable) Debt-to-Equity : 0.43 (As of Sep. 2023)

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What is Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Debt-to-Equity?

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $57.7 Mil. Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $4.3 Mil. Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $145.1 Mil. Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.43.

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 Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

APWC' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.09 Med: 0.27 Max: 0.46
Current: 0.43

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Asia Pacific Wire & Cable was 0.46. The lowest was 0.09. And the median was 0.27.

APWC's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
60.76% of 2622 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 0.29 vs APWC: 0.43

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Debt-to-Equity Chart

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Annual Data

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0.17

0.09

0.10

0.46

0.40

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Quarterly Data
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Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.40	0.38	0.40	0.35	0.43

Competitive Comparison of Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's Debt-to-Equity

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, Asia Pacific Wire & Cable'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.

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 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
	=	(46.203	+	14.102)	/	151.595
	=	0.40

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 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
	=	(57.723	+	4.347)	/	145.053
	=	0.43

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (NAS:APWC) 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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Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (Asia Pacific Wire & Cable) Business Description

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Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Corp Ltd is a holding company. It is principally engaged in owning operating companies engaged in the power cable, telecommunication cable, enameled wire, and electronic cable industry. It also provides project engineering services to customers. Some of its products are Bare wires, Power cables, Communication cables, Electronic wires & cables, and Enamelled wires. The company's geographical segments are North Asia, Thailand, and Rest of the World.

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