5 Consumer Stocks With Analyst Confidence And Little Debt

Lines of credit can be a helpful way to get out of a short-term financial crunch, but when a company leans on it too often, it may begin to owe more than the assets it is borrowing against. Companies that keep a close and careful eye on how and when they borrow, tend to not overextend. It is the prudent mindset that we searched for today when we looked for consumer stocks. All of the stocks we found have little long-term debt. In addition, they have been rated "Buy" or "Strong Buy" by industry analysts. We think you will enjoy looking at our findings as some of these names will be quite familiar.The Long-Term Debt/Equity Ratio is a variation of the traditional debt-to-equity ratio; this value computes the proportion of a company's long-term debt compared with its available capital. By using this ratio, investors can identify the amount of
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