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Blue Star Foods (Blue Star Foods) Debt-to-Equity : 0.48 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Blue Star Foods Debt-to-Equity?

Blue Star Foods's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.63 Mil. Blue Star Foods's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.61 Mil. Blue Star Foods's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $2.58 Mil. Blue Star Foods's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.48.

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 Blue Star Foods's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

BSFC' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -275.38   Med: -1.13   Max: 11.6
Current: 0.48

During the past 7 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Blue Star Foods was 11.60. The lowest was -275.38. And the median was -1.13.

BSFC's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
54.89% of 1647 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 0.4 vs BSFC: 0.48

Blue Star Foods Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Blue Star Foods'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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Blue Star Foods Debt-to-Equity Chart

Blue Star Foods Annual Data
Trend Oct17 Oct18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial -78.62 -244.35 0.46 -5.37 0.40

Blue Star Foods Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Debt-to-Equity Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 11.60 -275.38 3.71 0.40 0.48

Competitive Comparison of Blue Star Foods's Debt-to-Equity

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Blue Star Foods'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.


Blue Star Foods's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Blue Star Foods's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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



Blue Star Foods Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Blue Star Foods's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Blue Star Foods's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 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.


Blue Star Foods  (NAS:BSFC) 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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Blue Star Foods (Blue Star Foods) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
3000 NW,109th Avenue, Miami, FL, USA, 33172
Blue Star Foods Corp is an international seafood company based in Miami. It imports, packages, and sells refrigerated pasteurized crab meat, and other premium seafood products. The company derives revenue from importing blue and red swimming crab meat from Indonesia, Philippines and China and distributing it in the United States and Canada under several premium brand names such as Blue Star, Oceanica, Pacifika, Crab & Go, First Choice, Good Stuff and Coastal Pride Fresh. The Company's products are sold in the United States and Canada.
Executives
Nubar Herian director 1120 NW 165TH STREET, MIAMI FL 33169
Jeffrey J Guzy director 3130 19TH STREET, NORTH, ARLINGTON VA 22201
Trond K. Ringstad director 1511 THIRD AVENUE, SUITE 788, SEATTLE WA 98101
John R Keeler director, 10 percent owner, officer: Executive Chairman 3000 NW 109TH AVE, MIAMI FL 33172
Juan Carlos Dalto director 3059 TOWNSGATE ROAD, WESTLAKE VILLAGE CA 91361
Miozotis Ponce officer: Chief Operating Officer 3000 NW 109 AVENUE, MIAMI FL 33172
Silvia Sosa Alana officer: Chief Financial Officer 3000 NW 109 AVENUE, MIAMI FL 33172
Timothy Andrew Mclellan director 11016 MILL CREEK WAY, #2407, FORT MYERS FL 33913
Christopher Constable director, officer: CFO, Treasurer and Secretary 3000 NW 109TH AVE, MIAMI FL 33172
Carlos Faria director, 10 percent owner, officer: President and CEO 3000 NW 109TH AVE, MIAMI FL 33172
Laura E Anthony director, 10 percent owner, officer: Former CFO Director+10% Holder LAURA ANTHONY, 120 S. OLIVE AVE, WEST PALM BEACH FL 33401
Howard Gostfrand director, 10 percent owner, officer: Former CEO Director+10% Holder 625 N. FLAGLER DRIVE, SUITE 600, WEST PALM BEACH FL 33401