Naspers (JSE:NPN) Debt-to-Equity : 0.93 (As of Sep. 2023)

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What is Naspers Debt-to-Equity?

Naspers's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was R8,212 Mil. Naspers's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was R299,165 Mil. Naspers's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was R329,358 Mil. Naspers's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.93.

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 Naspers's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

JSE:NPN' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.12 Med: 0.42 Max: 0.93
Current: 0.93

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Naspers was 0.93. The lowest was 0.12. And the median was 0.42.

JSE:NPN's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
86.32% of 424 companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: 0.155 vs JSE:NPN: 0.93

Naspers Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

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

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Naspers Debt-to-Equity Chart

Naspers Annual Data

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Mar15

Mar16

Mar17

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Mar19

Mar20

Mar21

Mar22

Mar23

Debt-to-Equity

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0.12

0.18

0.28

0.79

0.87

Naspers Semi-Annual Data
	Mar14	Sep14	Mar15	Sep15	Mar16	Sep16	Mar17	Sep17	Mar18	Sep18	Mar19	Sep19	Mar20	Sep20	Mar21	Sep21	Mar22	Sep22	Mar23	Sep23
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.50	0.79	0.92	0.87	0.93

Competitive Comparison of Naspers's Debt-to-Equity

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, Naspers'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.

Naspers's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Naspers's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Naspers Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Naspers's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 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
	=	(9403.643	+	291038.171)	/	346200.12
	=	0.87

Naspers'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
	=	(8212.148	+	299164.952)	/	329358.346
	=	0.93

Naspers (JSE:NPN) 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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Naspers (JSE:NPN) Business Description

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Naspers Ltd is a Internet and entertainment group and technology investor in the world. Operating in more than 120 countries and markets with long-term growth potential, Naspers builds companies that empower people and enrich communities. It runs some of the platforms in the internet, video entertainment, and media. Naspers operates in various sectors including online classifieds, food delivery, payments, travel, education, health, and social and internet platforms. People use products and services of companies that Naspers has invested in, acquired or built, including Avito, Brainly, BYJU'S, Codecademy, Honor, Delivery Hero, eMAG, ibibo, iFood, letgo, Media24, Movile, MultiChoice, OLX, PayU, Showmax, SimilarWeb, Swiggy, Twiggle, Takealot, and Udemy.

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