Debt-to-equity ratio On a balance sheet, the formal definition is that debt (liabilities) plus equity equals assets, or any equivalent reformulation. Both the formulas below are therefore identical: Debt to equity can also be reformulated in terms of assets or debt: General Electric Co. () Debt-to-equity ratio The debt-to-equity ratio (D/E) is a financial ratio indicating the relative proportion of shareholders' equity and debt used to finance a company's assets. Closely related to leveraging, the ratio is also known as risk, gearing or leverage. The two components are often taken from the firm's balance sheet or statement of financial position (so-called book
USS Gearing returning home early in 1965, she continued operating in the Atlantic Fleet into 1967. She was decommissioned in 1973, stricken on 1 July 1973 and sold for scrap on 6 November 1974. USS Gearing USS "Gearing" (DD-710) was the lead ship of a class of destroyers in the United States Navy. She was named for three generations of the Gearing family, Commander Henry Chalfant Gearing, Sr., Captain Henry Chalfant Gearing, Jr. and Lieutenant Henry Chalfant Gearing, III. "Gearing" was launched on 18 February 1945 by the Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Kearny, New Jersey. "Gearing" was sponsored by Mrs. Thomas