Buffalo Wild Wings (FRA:BWW) Debt-to-Equity : 1.61 (As of Sep. 2017)

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What is Buffalo Wild Wings Debt-to-Equity?

Buffalo Wild Wings's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 was €4 Mil. Buffalo Wild Wings's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 was €353 Mil. Buffalo Wild Wings's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 was €221 Mil. Buffalo Wild Wings's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 was 1.61.

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 Buffalo Wild Wings's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:BWW's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked ^*
in the Restaurants industry.
Industry Median: 0.94
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-Equity only.

Buffalo Wild Wings Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Buffalo Wild Wings's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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Buffalo Wild Wings Debt-to-Equity Chart

Buffalo Wild Wings Annual Data

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Buffalo Wild Wings Quarterly Data
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Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.16	0.40	1.17	1.78	1.61

Competitive Comparison of Buffalo Wild Wings's Debt-to-Equity

For the Restaurants subindustry, Buffalo Wild Wings'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.

Buffalo Wild Wings's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Buffalo Wild Wings's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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Buffalo Wild Wings Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Buffalo Wild Wings's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2016 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
	=	(3.55	+	194.636)	/	491.101
	=	0.40

Buffalo Wild Wings's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 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
	=	(3.882	+	352.695)	/	221.002
	=	1.61

Buffalo Wild Wings (FRA:BWW) 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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Buffalo Wild Wings (FRA:BWW) Business Description

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Buffalo Wild Wings operates and franchises restaurants under the names Buffalo Wild Wings, R Taco, and PizzaRev. The Buffalo Wild Wings restaurants, which provide the vast majority of company revenue, have sports-bar atmospheres and feature Buffalo-style chicken wings. The restaurants are designed for group gatherings and feature projection screens and dozens of televisions. About half of the company's restaurants are franchised. The company has a centralized supply chain that serves all company-owned and franchised restaurants. The majority of its restaurants are in the United States, but the company has a small presence in Canada and Mexico and is expanding to the Middle East and Asia.

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