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Debt/equity ratio

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Debt/equity ratio
Indicator of financial leverage. Compares assets provided by creditors to assets provided by shareholders. Determined by dividing long-term debt by common stockholder equity.


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Although the debt/equity ratio is an indicator of a farm's prospects, Christensen hesitates to cite a threshold level.
The debt/equity ratio allows you to determine whether the business is overburdened with debt.
The rather generous German thin capitalization rules (which allow a 9:1 debt/equity ratio for holding companies and a 3:1 debt/equity ratio for operating companies), along with an absence of limits for partnership financing, may make it possible to inject substantial acquisition debt into Germany by using a German acquisition vehicle.
 
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