YouGov (LSE:YOU) Debt-to-Equity : 1.23 (As of Jan. 2024)

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What is YouGov Debt-to-Equity?

YouGov's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was £43.7 Mil. YouGov's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was £188.2 Mil. YouGov's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was £189.3 Mil. YouGov's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 1.23.

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

LSE:YOU' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0 Med: 0.09 Max: 1.23
Current: 1.23

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of YouGov was 1.23. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.09.

LSE:YOU's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
82.08% of 848 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 0.28 vs LSE:YOU: 1.23

YouGov Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

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

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* 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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YouGov Debt-to-Equity Chart

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0.10

0.09

0.12

0.10

0.06

YouGov Semi-Annual Data
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Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.30	0.10	0.09	0.06	1.23

Competitive Comparison of YouGov's Debt-to-Equity

For the Advertising Agencies subindustry, YouGov'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.

YouGov's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

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

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

YouGov Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

YouGov's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 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
	=	(3.1	+	8.1)	/	196.4
	=	0.06

YouGov's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 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
	=	(43.7	+	188.2)	/	189.3
	=	1.23

YouGov (LSE:YOU) 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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YouGov PLC is a market research agency company. Its suite of products consists of YouGov BrandIndex, YouGov Reports, and YouGov Profiles. Other services offered are YouGov Omnibus service and custom research by sector specialists. Segments in which the company operates include Data Products, Data Services, and Custom Research. Revenues are generated from market research services, syndicated services, non-syndicated services, and media buying. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from the United States.