Shares of Koppers Holdings Rank the Highest in Terms of Debt to Equity Ratio in the Commodity Chemicals Industry (KOP, GGC, CERP, MEOH, SEH)

Written on Sat, 09/29/2012 - 9:21am

By James Quinn

Below are the three companies in the Commodity Chemicals industry with the highest debt to equity ratios. The Debt/Equity ratio measures a company's leverage and a high level often implies that a company has financed much of its growth with debt.

Koppers Holdings ranks highest with a a debt to equity ratio of 2.6. Following is Georgia Gulf with a a debt to equity ratio of 1.1. Cereplast ranks third highest with a a debt to equity ratio of 0.8.

Methanex follows with a a debt to equity ratio of 0.8, and Spartech rounds out the top five with a a debt to equity ratio of 0.8.

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Keywords: highest debt to equity ratio koppers holdings georgia gulf cereplast methanex spartech

Ticker(s): KOP GGC CERP MEOH SEH

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