Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund Debt-to-Equity : 0.37 (As of Nov. 2023)

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What is Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund Debt-to-Equity?

Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was $0.00 Mil. Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was $27.55 Mil. Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was $74.89 Mil. Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was 0.37.

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 Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

MFD' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.33 Med: 0.37 Max: 0.43
Current: 0.37

During the past 7 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund was 0.43. The lowest was 0.33. And the median was 0.37.

MFD's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
64.89% of 1014 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 0.19 vs MFD: 0.37

Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund Debt-to-Equity Chart

Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund Annual Data

Trend

Nov17

Nov18

Nov19

Nov20

Nov21

Nov22

Nov23

Debt-to-Equity

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0.40

0.33

0.38

0.34

0.37

Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund Semi-Annual Data
	Nov17	May18	Nov18	May19	Nov19	May20	Nov20	May21	Nov21	May22	Nov22	May23	Nov23
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial								0.38	0.36	0.34	0.36	0.37

Competitive Comparison of Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund's Debt-to-Equity

For the Asset Management subindustry, Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund'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.

Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Nov. 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
	=	(0	+	27.55)	/	74.888
	=	0.37

Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Nov. 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
	=	(0	+	27.55)	/	74.888
	=	0.37

Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund (NYSE:MFD) 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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Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund Business Description

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Address

120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400, Wheaton, IL, USA, 60187

Website

http://www.ftportfolios.com

Macquarie/First Trust Global Infrastructure/Utilities Dividend&Income Fund is a diversified, closed-end management company. Its objective is to seek a high level of current return consisting of dividends, interest, and other similar income while attempting to preserve capital. The fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing in the securities of companies involved in the management, ownership, and operation of infrastructure and utilities. It also invests in senior secured loans generally considered to be high-yield securities. The company portfolio of investments consists of the investment in the common stocks, master limited partnerships, and senior floating-rate loan interests.

Executives

Bronwyn Wright	director	FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
William H Speacht	other: Investment Advisor	2005 MARKET ST, 34TH FL, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Thomas R Kadlec	director	C/O FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP, 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
M Keefe Denise	director	C/O FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Kelly Catherine Dehler	other: Officer-Investment Advisor	C/O FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Scott Michael Friske	other: Officer-Investment Advisor	FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Robert F Keith	director	C/O FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Fink William J Jr	other: Officer-Investment Sub-Advisor	125 WEST 55TH STREET, LEVEL 15, NEW YORK NY 10019
Shane Shannon	officer: Assistant Secretary	FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
John H Kim	other: Officer-Investment Sub-Advisor	C/O ANJIE LAROCCA, DEUTSCHE BANK, 1251 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10020
Jonathan S Ong	other: Officer-Investment Sub-Advisor	1 MARTIN PLACE, LEVEL 21, SYDNEY C3 2000
Donald Swade	officer: Assistant Treasurer	C/O FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Katherine L Urevig	officer: Assistant Treasurer	C/O FIRST TRUST ADVISORS L.P., 120 EAST LIBERTY DRIVE, SUITE 400, WHEATON IL 60187
Anthony Felton	other: Officer-Investment Sub-Advisor	1 MARTIN PLACE, LEVEL 21, SYDNEY C3 2000
Andrew Maple-brown	other: Officer-Investment Sub-Advisor	125 WEST 55TH STREET, LEVEL 15, NEW YORK NY 10019