First Quantum Minerals Stock Debt To Equity

IZ1 Stock  EUR 12.32  0.56  4.35%   
First Quantum Minerals fundamentals help investors to digest information that contributes to First Quantum's financial success or failures. It also enables traders to predict the movement of First Stock. The fundamental analysis module provides a way to measure First Quantum's intrinsic value by examining its available economic and financial indicators, including the cash flow records, the balance sheet account changes, the income statement patterns, and various microeconomic indicators and financial ratios related to First Quantum stock.
  
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First Quantum Minerals Company Debt To Equity Analysis

First Quantum's Debt to Equity is calculated by dividing the Total Debt of a company by its Equity. If the debt exceeds equity of a company, then the creditors have more stakes in a firm than the stockholders. In other words, Debt to Equity ratio provides analysts with insights about composition of both equity and debt, and its influence on the valuation of the company.

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Current First Quantum Debt To Equity

    
  67.80 %  
Most of First Quantum's fundamental indicators, such as Debt To Equity, are part of a valuation analysis module that helps investors searching for stocks that are currently trading at higher or lower prices than their real value. If the real value is higher than the market price, First Quantum Minerals is considered to be undervalued, and we provide a buy recommendation. Otherwise, we render a sell signal.
High Debt to Equity ratio typically indicates that a firm has been borrowing aggressively to finance its growth and as a result may experience a burden of additional interest expense. This may reduce earnings or future growth. On the other hand a small D/E ratio may indicate that a company is not taking enough advantage from financial leverage. Debt to Equity ratio measures how the company is leveraging borrowing against the capital invested by the owners.
Competition

According to the company disclosure, First Quantum Minerals has a Debt To Equity of 67%. This is 5.26% higher than that of the Basic Materials sector and 208.04% higher than that of the Copper industry. The debt to equity for all Germany stocks is 39.22% lower than that of the firm.

First Debt To Equity Peer Comparison

Stock peer comparison is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It analyses First Quantum's direct or indirect competition against its Debt To Equity to detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics or determine the stocks which would be a good addition to a portfolio. Peer analysis of First Quantum could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing First Quantum by comparing valuation metrics of similar companies.
First Quantum is currently under evaluation in debt to equity category among its peers.

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About First Quantum Fundamental Analysis

The Macroaxis Fundamental Analysis modules help investors analyze First Quantum Minerals's financials across various querterly and yearly statements, indicators and fundamental ratios. We help investors to determine the real value of First Quantum using virtually all public information available. We use both quantitative as well as qualitative analysis to arrive at the intrinsic value of First Quantum Minerals based on its fundamental data. In general, a quantitative approach, as applied to this company, focuses on analyzing financial statements comparatively, whereas a qaualitative method uses data that is important to a company's growth but cannot be measured and presented in a numerical way.
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First Quantum financial ratios help investors to determine whether First Stock is cheap or expensive when compared to a particular measure, such as profits or enterprise value. In other words, they help investors to determine the cost of investment in First with respect to the benefits of owning First Quantum security.