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Vasta Platform (Vasta Platform) Debt-to-Equity : 0.24 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Vasta Platform Debt-to-Equity?

Vasta Platform's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $158.0 Mil. Vasta Platform's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $63.9 Mil. Vasta Platform's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $908.1 Mil. Vasta Platform's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.24.

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

VSTA' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.14   Med: 0.24   Max: 0.61
Current: 0.24

During the past 6 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Vasta Platform was 0.61. The lowest was 0.14. And the median was 0.24.

VSTA's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
57.4% of 223 companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 0.34 vs VSTA: 0.24

Vasta Platform Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

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

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* 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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Vasta Platform Debt-to-Equity Chart

Vasta Platform Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.59 0.21 0.23 0.25 0.26

Vasta Platform Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Debt-to-Equity Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.25 0.27 0.26 0.26 0.24

Competitive Comparison of Vasta Platform's Debt-to-Equity

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Vasta Platform'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.


Vasta Platform's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Vasta Platform's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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



Vasta Platform Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Vasta Platform's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Vasta Platform's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* 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.


Vasta Platform  (NAS:VSTA) 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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Vasta Platform (Vasta Platform) Business Description

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Address
Avenue Paulista, 901, 5th Floor, Bela Vista, Sao Paulo, SP, BRA, CEP 01310-100
Vasta Platform Ltd operates as an education company in Brazil, engaged in providing end-to-end educational and digital solutions that cater to all needs of private schools operating in the K-12 educational segment. Its business segments are Content and EdTech Platform, and Digital Platform. The Content and EdTech platform derives its results from educational content solutions through digital and printed content, including textbooks, learning systems and other complementary educational services. The Digital Platform enables private schools to aggregate multiple learning strategies and helps them to focus on education, through the Business' physical and digital e-commerce platform and other digital services.

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