Zambeef Products (LUS:ZAMBEEF) Debt-to-Equity : 0.26 (As of Sep. 2022)

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What is Zambeef Products Debt-to-Equity?

Zambeef Products's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was ZMW530 Mil. Zambeef Products's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was ZMW439 Mil. Zambeef Products's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was ZMW3,693 Mil. Zambeef Products's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was 0.26.

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

LUS:ZAMBEEF' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.18 Med: 0.26 Max: 0.47
Current: 0.36

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Zambeef Products was 0.47. The lowest was 0.18. And the median was 0.26.

LUS:ZAMBEEF's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
53.73% of 1647 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 0.4 vs LUS:ZAMBEEF: 0.36

Zambeef Products Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

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

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Zambeef Products Debt-to-Equity Chart

Zambeef Products Annual Data

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Sep23

Debt-to-Equity

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0.29

0.25

0.26

0.36

Zambeef Products Semi-Annual Data
	Sep13	Mar14	Sep14	Mar15	Sep15	Mar16	Sep16	Mar17	Sep17	Mar18	Sep18	Mar19	Sep19	Mar20	Sep20	Mar21	Sep21	Mar22	Sep22	Sep23
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.28	0.25	0.21	0.26	0.36

Competitive Comparison of Zambeef Products's Debt-to-Equity

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Zambeef Products'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.

Zambeef Products's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

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

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

Zambeef Products Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Zambeef Products's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year 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
	=	(979.275	+	703.301)	/	4683.756
	=	0.36

Zambeef Products's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 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
	=	(530.371	+	438.819)	/	3693.331
	=	0.26

Zambeef Products (LUS:ZAMBEEF) 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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Zambeef Products (LUS:ZAMBEEF) Business Description

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Address

Manda Road, Plot 4970, Industrial Area, Lusaka, ZMB

Website

https://www.zambeefplc.com

Zambeef Products PLC is a food retailer engaged in the production, processing, distribution, and retailing of beef, chicken, pork, milk, dairy products, eggs, stockfeed, and flour. The company also has row cropping operations of maize, soya beans, and wheat crops under irrigation. The company's reportable segment includes Retailing and cold chain food products and Cropping and milling. The majority of the revenue for the company is generated from its cropping and milling segment which is involved in selling of sells wheat, soya and maize grain as well as flour mill and bread.

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