The debt-to-equity ratio is the metabolic typing equivalent for businesses. It can tell you what type of funding – debt or equity – a business primarily runs on. "Observing a company's capital ...

Reviewed by Amy Drury Some of the major reasons why the debt-to-equity (D/E) ratio varies significantly from one industry to ...

Debt-to-Equity Ratio Definition: A measure of the extent to which a firm's capital is provided by owners or lenders, calculated by dividing debt by equity. Also, a measure of a company's ability ...

Leverage ratios are metrics that express how much of a company's operations or assets are financed with borrowed money. Businesses cost a lot of money to run, and that money has to come from ...

Market capitalization is $28 billion. The price-earnings ratio is 10.43, in contrast to the Shiller P/E for the S&P 500 now at 38.47. The debt-to-equity ratio is .03. This year’s earnings are ...

Now trading with price-earnings ratio of 14, the stock is available for purchase at 1.89 times its book value. This money management outfit has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.0. Shareholders are paid ...