Vitru (VTRU) Debt-to-Equity : 1.10 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Vitru Debt-to-Equity?

Vitru's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $41.4 Mil. Vitru's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $470.8 Mil. Vitru's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $466.3 Mil. Vitru's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.10.

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

VTRU' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.14 Med: 0.23 Max: 1.1
Current: 1.1

During the past 7 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Vitru was 1.10. The lowest was 0.14. And the median was 0.23.

VTRU's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
79.82% of 223 companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 0.34 vs VTRU: 1.10

Vitru Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

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

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Vitru Debt-to-Equity Chart

Vitru Annual Data

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Dec22

Dec23

Debt-to-Equity

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0.23

0.31

0.15

0.89

1.10

Vitru Quarterly Data
	Dec18	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.89	0.89	0.91	0.94	1.10

Competitive Comparison of Vitru's Debt-to-Equity

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Vitru'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.

Vitru's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Education Industry

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

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

Vitru Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Vitru'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
	=	(41.377	+	470.818)	/	466.286
	=	1.10

Vitru'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
	=	(41.377	+	470.818)	/	466.286
	=	1.10

Vitru (NAS:VTRU) 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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Vitru (VTRU) Business Description

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5500, Torre Jurere A, 2nd floor, Saco Grande, Rodovia Jose Carlos Daux, Florianopolis, SC, BRA, 88032-005

Website

https://www.vitru.com.br

Vitru Ltd is a digital education provider in Brazil. It provides post-secondary distance learning programs. The company provides a complete pedagogical ecosystem focused on hybrid digital education experience for undergraduates and continuing education. The programs are provided in multiple formats namely, videos, eBook, podcasts and html text, among others. The segments of the company are digital education undergraduate courses, on-campus undergraduate and continuing education courses.