6 Oil And Gas Stocks Holding Down Debt And Rated As Buys

Interested in gaining exposure to oil and gas companies? Do you prefer stocks that analysts rate as "buy"? Do you look for companies with low debt? Interested in companies with minimal long-term debt? Keeping these ideas in mind, we ran a screen you might be interested in.The Debt/Equity Ratio illustrates how aggressively a company is financing its growth via debt. The more debt financing that is used in a capital structure, the more volatile earnings can become due to the additional interest expense. Should a company's potentially enhanced earnings fail to exceed the cost associated with debt financing over time, this can lead the company toward substantial trouble.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 to its available capital. By using this ratio, investors can identify the amount of leverage utilized by a
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