What does debt-to-equity mean?

Total debt (including capitalized leases and financing obligations) divided by shareholders' equity at the quarter end. Measures how much the company is financed by debt relative to equity.

Western Union WU Debt-to-equity

Discontinued — last reported Q3 '17

Debt-to-equity at other companies

Euronet WorldwideEEFT

2.3×+0.4×

PayPal Holdings, Inc.PYPL

0.5×-0.1×

Remitly Global, Inc.RELY

0×0.0×

Western Alliance BancorporationWAL

0.6×+0.2×

U.S. BancorpUSB

1.2×-0.1×

Paymentus HoldingsPAY

0×0.0×

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$982.7M-0.1%

Gross profit$327.8M-10.0%

Operating income$123.0M-30.7%

Net income$64.7M-47.6%

EPS (diluted)$0.20-44.4%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$909.2M-29.5%

Total debt$2.6B-6.0%

Total assets$8.1B-2.9%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$109.0M-26.5%

CapEx$6.4M+88.2%

Free cash flow$102.6M-29.1%

Valuation

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Market cap$2.2B-23.5%

Enterprise value$3.91B-12.3%

P/E5×+1.8×

P/S0.5×-0.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin36.1%-1.2pp

Operating margin17.4%+0.2pp

Net margin10.9%-11.2pp

FCF margin11.6%—

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity19.9%—

Where this comes from

Calculated from Western Union’s reported figures.

total debt/total stockholders equity=6.3×

Based on the most recent quarter.

The official record: Western Union’s 10-Q, filed November 1, 2018, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does debt-to-equity mean?: Total debt (including capitalized leases and financing obligations) divided by shareholders' equity at the quarter end. Measures how much the company is financed by debt relative to equity.