Staples (Staples) Liabilities-to-Assets : 0.56 (As of Jul. 2017)

Staples Liabilities-to-Assets Chart

Staples Annual Data
	Trend	Jan08	Jan09	Jan10	Jan11	Jan12	Jan13	Jan14	Jan15	Jan16	Jan17
Liabilities-to-Assets		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					0.50	0.45	0.49	0.47	0.55

Staples Quarterly Data
	Oct12	Jan13	Apr13	Jul13	Oct13	Jan14	Apr14	Jul14	Oct14	Jan15	Apr15	Jul15	Oct15	Jan16	Apr16	Jul16	Oct16	Jan17	Apr17	Jul17
Liabilities-to-Assets	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.52	0.50	0.55	0.55	0.56

Competitive Comparison of Staples's Liabilities-to-Assets

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Staples'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.

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

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

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

Staples 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.

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

Staples's Liabilities-to-Assets Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2017 is calculated as

* 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.

Staples  (NAS:SPLS) 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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