Overall debt ratio – how to calculate it and when is it worth doing?

A full analysis of a company’s liquidity – for example, for the purposes of assessing creditworthiness or making long-term business decisions – cannot do without a thorough analysis of the company’s indebtedness. One of the most important elements of this analysis (although not the only one) is the total debt ratio.
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What is the overall debt ratio?


Overall debt ratio – formula


Formula for overall debt ratio

How to interpret the overall debt ratio?


So in theory, the lower the overall debt ratio, the better. However, practice shows that this is not always the case. A company that uses no foreign capital at all (or very little) may be seen as taking too safe a line, and thus failing to realize its potential.

Overall debt ratio – the norm


Other debt ratios


Long-term debt ratio

Formula for long-term debt ratio

Debt to equity ratio

Formula for debt-to-equity ratio

Share of foreign capital

Formula for share of foreign capital in debt

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