When we think about how risky a company is, we always like to look at its use of debt, since debt overload can lead to ruin. We can see that U.S. Physical Therapy, Inc. does use debt in its business. But the real question is whether this debt is making the company risky.
Generally speaking, debt only becomes a real problem when a company can’t easily pay it off, either by raising capital or with its own cash flow. The first thing to do when considering how much debt a business uses is to look at its cash and debt together.