Lawson (TSE:2651) Debt-to-Equity : 3.54 (As of Feb. 2024)

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What is Lawson Debt-to-Equity?

Lawson's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 円90,850 Mil. Lawson's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 円916,204 Mil. Lawson's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 円284,752 Mil. Lawson's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 3.54.

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

TSE:2651' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.61 Med: 1.8 Max: 4.73
Current: 3.54

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Lawson was 4.73. The lowest was 0.61. And the median was 1.80.

TSE:2651's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
93.88% of 278 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 0.64 vs TSE:2651: 3.54

Lawson Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

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

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Lawson Debt-to-Equity Chart

Lawson Annual Data

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Debt-to-Equity

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1.96

1.64

4.73

4.39

3.54

Lawson Quarterly Data
	May19	Aug19	Nov19	Feb20	May20	Aug20	Nov20	Feb21	May21	Aug21	Nov21	Feb22	May22	Aug22	Nov22	Feb23	May23	Aug23	Nov23	Feb24
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															4.39	4.17	3.88	3.52	3.54

Competitive Comparison of Lawson's Debt-to-Equity

For the Discount Stores subindustry, Lawson'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.

Lawson's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Lawson's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Lawson Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Lawson's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2024 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
	=	(90850	+	916204)	/	284752
	=	3.54

Lawson's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 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
	=	(90850	+	916204)	/	284752
	=	3.54

Lawson (TSE:2651) 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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Lawson (TSE:2651) Business Description

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East Tower, Gate City Osaki, 11-2, Osaki 1-chome, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 141-8643

Website

http://www.lawson.co.jp/company/ir/index.html

Lawson is the third-largest convenience-store operator in Japan with more than 14,500 stores domestically, and more than 3,400 stores overseas with more than 90% of stores located in China. Convenience-store operations inclusive of franchise fees represent about 55% of group operating revenue and 75% of operating profits. Other activities include Seijo Ishii (an upscale food-store chain with 163 stores in Japan as of November 2020) and entertainment businesses comprising cinema operations with 43 theaters, the HMV music store chain, and Lawson HMV ticketing services.

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