Seeka (NZSE:SEK) Debt-to-Equity : 0.93 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Seeka Debt-to-Equity?

Seeka's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was NZ$59.2 Mil. Seeka's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was NZ$183.1 Mil. Seeka's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was NZ$259.9 Mil. Seeka's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.93.

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

NZSE:SEK' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.32 Med: 0.83 Max: 1.1
Current: 0.93

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Seeka was 1.10. The lowest was 0.32. And the median was 0.83.

NZSE:SEK's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
75.14% of 1641 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 0.41 vs NZSE:SEK: 0.93

Seeka Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

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

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Seeka Debt-to-Equity Chart

Seeka Annual Data

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Debt-to-Equity

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1.10

0.84

0.72

0.82

0.93

Seeka Semi-Annual Data
	Jun14	Dec14	Jun15	Dec15	Jun16	Dec16	Jun17	Dec17	Jun18	Dec18	Jun19	Dec19	Jun20	Dec20	Jun21	Dec21	Jun22	Dec22	Jun23	Dec23
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.72	0.86	0.82	0.92	0.93

Competitive Comparison of Seeka's Debt-to-Equity

For the Farm Products subindustry, Seeka'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.

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

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

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

Seeka Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Seeka'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
	=	(59.232	+	183.113)	/	259.949
	=	0.93

Seeka'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
	=	(59.232	+	183.113)	/	259.949
	=	0.93

Seeka (NZSE:SEK) 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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Seeka (NZSE:SEK) Business Description

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Address

34 Young Road, PO Box 47, RD9, Paengaroa, Te Puke, BOP, NZL, 3153

Website

https://www.seeka.co.nz

Seeka Ltd is engaged in providing orcharding, post-harvest and retail services to New Zealand's produce industries. It handles products including avocados and kiwi berries, kiwifruit pollen, imported tropical fruits and local seasonal fruits and vegetables. The group has five operating segments: Orchard operations, Post-harvest operations, Retail service operations, All other segments and Australian operations. It generates maximum revenue from the Post harvest operations segment.

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