Hilton Food Group (LSE:HFG) Debt-to-Equity : 1.59 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Hilton Food Group Debt-to-Equity?

Hilton Food Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £44 Mil. Hilton Food Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £449 Mil. Hilton Food Group's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £310 Mil. Hilton Food Group's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.59.

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 Hilton Food Group's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:HFG' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.31 Med: 1.17 Max: 2.28
Current: 1.59

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Hilton Food Group was 2.28. The lowest was 0.31. And the median was 1.17.

LSE:HFG's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
89.13% of 1647 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 0.4 vs LSE:HFG: 1.59

Hilton Food Group Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

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

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Hilton Food Group Debt-to-Equity Chart

Hilton Food Group Annual Data

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2.05

2.28

1.55

1.85

1.59

Hilton Food Group Semi-Annual Data
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Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															1.55	1.90	1.85	1.88	1.59

Competitive Comparison of Hilton Food Group's Debt-to-Equity

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Hilton Food Group'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.

Hilton Food Group's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Hilton Food Group's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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Hilton Food Group Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Hilton Food Group's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 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
	=	(43.917	+	449.377)	/	310.311
	=	1.59

Hilton Food Group's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 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
	=	(43.917	+	449.377)	/	310.311
	=	1.59

Hilton Food Group (LSE:HFG) 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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Hilton Food Group (LSE:HFG) Business Description

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Address

Latham Road, 2-8 The Interchange, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, GBR, PE29 6YE

Website

https://www.hiltonfoods.com

Hilton Food Group PLC is engaged in the specialist retail meat-packing business supplying international food retailers in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. It is into wholesaling of food protein products including meat, seafood, and vegetarian. The company has three operating segments, namely Europe (which consists of The United Kingdom, Netherlands, Belgium, the Republic of Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, Central Europe including Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, and Portugal), APAC, and Central costs. The company derives a majority of its revenue from the European Countries.

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