Cenovus Energy Inc T.CVE

DEBT vs TOTAL LIABILITIES vs Equity..... The Big Picture.

[RagingBull3]

For me I'm looking at what's happening with Total Liabilities and Equity.    I think that is the Bigger Picture (The Forest)..... Where Debt, you are looking at the "Tree". 

I think if you look at Total Liabilities and Equity, what's happened/ing over the past 7 years......... That explains a lot about share price performance across the sector.

Talk all you want about Debt reduction, Cash Flow....... But Look at what's happening to the Forest.

All just my opinion/view/thinking.

[CashHungry]

Top 3 problems with your analytical choices: 1) Total liabilities include current liabilities and very large current liabilities could be offset by equal large or larger current assets.  Hence total liabilities could be growing, but financially and operationally the company may be in great shape increasing profitable business. 2) Equity is Total Assets less Total Liabilities and Total

[RagingBull3]

All True what you say....  Of coarse you consider these things when analysis of Debt, Total Liabilities, Equity.....  You get the "Big Picture" FIRST, and then you drill down and find out how the "Big Picture" is made up of.   If you focus on the "Trees", you most likely get lost and never see the "big picture".   All just my

[RagingBull3]

As for the Husky Effect....how can you make sense.... Yes, it's like comparing apples and oranges (before/after).... but you can look at each company before and get a general idea how each of them were doing separately.... to give you ruff idea of combined. Otherwise you will need several Quarters or years to see how the "new" company is doing.  We will have soon 4 Quarters to