<Li> Total Liabilities / Equity </Li> <P> In a basic sense, Total Debt / Equity is a measure of all of a company's future obligations on the balance sheet relative to equity . However, the ratio can be more discerning as to what is actually a borrowing, as opposed to other types of obligations that might exist on the balance sheet under the liabilities section . For example, often only the liabilities accounts that are actually labelled as "debt" on the balance sheet are used in the numerator, instead of the broader category of "total liabilities". In other words, actual borrowings like bank loans and interest - bearing debt securities are used, as opposed to the broadly inclusive category of total liabilities which, in addition to debt - labelled accounts, can include accrual accounts like unearned revenue . </P> <P> Another popular iteration of the ratio is the long - term - debt - to - equity ratio which uses only long - term debt in the numerator instead of total debt or total liabilities . Total debt includes both long - term debt and short - term debt which is made up of actual short - term debt that has actual short - term maturities and also the portion of long - term debt that has become short - term in the current period because it is now nearing maturity . This second classification of short - term debt is carved out of long - term debt and is reclassified as a current liability called current portion of long - term debt (or a similar name). The remaining long - term debt is used in the numerator of the long - term - debt - to - equity ratio . </P> <P> A similar ratio is debt - to - capital (D / C), where capital is the sum of debt and equity: </P>

Debt equity ratio book value or market value