Centum Investment Co (NAI:CTUM) Debt-to-Equity : 0.48 (As of Sep. 2023)

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What is Centum Investment Co Debt-to-Equity?

Centum Investment Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was KES0 Mil. Centum Investment Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was KES17,780 Mil. Centum Investment Co's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was KES37,101 Mil. Centum Investment Co's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 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 Centum Investment Co's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

NAI:CTUM' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.28 Med: 0.57 Max: 0.9
Current: 0.48

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Centum Investment Co was 0.90. The lowest was 0.28. And the median was 0.57.

NAI:CTUM's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
55.32% of 611 companies
in the Capital Markets industry
Industry Median: 0.36 vs NAI:CTUM: 0.48

Centum Investment Co Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

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

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Centum Investment Co Debt-to-Equity Chart

Centum Investment Co Annual Data

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Mar14

Mar15

Mar16

Mar17

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Mar19

Mar20

Mar21

Mar22

Mar23

Debt-to-Equity

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0.67

0.53

0.62

0.49

0.54

Centum Investment Co Semi-Annual Data
	Mar14	Sep14	Mar15	Sep15	Mar16	Sep16	Mar17	Sep17	Mar18	Sep18	Mar19	Sep19	Mar20	Sep20	Mar21	Sep21	Mar22	Sep22	Mar23	Sep23
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.63	0.49	0.48	0.54	0.48

Competitive Comparison of Centum Investment Co's Debt-to-Equity

For the Capital Markets subindustry, Centum Investment Co's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

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Centum Investment Co's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Centum Investment Co's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Centum Investment Co Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Centum Investment Co's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 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
	=	(11156.359	+	8595.387)	/	36294.946
	=	0.54

Centum Investment Co's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter 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
	=	(0	+	17780)	/	37101
	=	0.48

Centum Investment Co (NAI:CTUM) 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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Centum Investment Co (NAI:CTUM) Business Description

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Address

Limuru Road, Two Rivers Office Towers, P.O. Box 10518, 9th Floor, South Tower, Nairobi, KEN, 00100

Website

https://www.centum.co.ke

Centum Investment Co Ltd is an investment company that provides access to a portfolio of inaccessible, quality, diversified investments to investors. Its objective is to consistently generate market-beating returns by building extraordinary enterprises throughout Africa. The company's operating segment include Private Equity; Real Estate and Marketable securities. The Private Equity segment includes publishing, financial services, and utility companies as well as also responsible for managing Development Portfolio. The Marketable securities segment includes dividend and interest income, real estate sales and proceeds from exits in the private equity and marketable securities portfolios and the Real Estate segment includes developments in East Africa.

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