Metro Pacific Tollways (PHS:TOL) Debt-to-Equity : 1.12 (As of Mar. 2012)

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What is Metro Pacific Tollways Debt-to-Equity?

Metro Pacific Tollways's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2012 was ₱0.00 Mil. Metro Pacific Tollways's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2012 was ₱8,849.07 Mil. Metro Pacific Tollways's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2012 was ₱7,911.38 Mil. Metro Pacific Tollways's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2012 was 1.12.

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 Metro Pacific Tollways's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

PHS:TOL's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked ^*
in the Construction industry.
Industry Median: 0.44
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-Equity only.

Metro Pacific Tollways Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Metro Pacific Tollways'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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Metro Pacific Tollways Debt-to-Equity Chart

Metro Pacific Tollways Annual Data

Trend

Dec10

Dec11

Debt-to-Equity

0.89

1.09

Metro Pacific Tollways Quarterly Data
	Dec10	Mar11	Jun11	Sep11	Dec11	Mar12
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial			1.28	1.25	1.22	1.09	1.12

Competitive Comparison of Metro Pacific Tollways's Debt-to-Equity

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Metro Pacific Tollways'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.

Metro Pacific Tollways's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Metro Pacific Tollways's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Metro Pacific Tollways's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

Metro Pacific Tollways Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Metro Pacific Tollways's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2011 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
	=	(0	+	8905.443)	/	8199.795
	=	1.09

Metro Pacific Tollways's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2012 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
	=	(0	+	8849.071)	/	7911.376
	=	1.12

Metro Pacific Tollways (PHS:TOL) 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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