Capitol Federal Financial (Capitol Federal Financial) Debt-to-Equity : 2.30 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Capitol Federal Financial Debt-to-Equity?

Capitol Federal Financial's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.00 Mil. Capitol Federal Financial's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,373.06 Mil. Capitol Federal Financial's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,034.12 Mil. Capitol Federal Financial's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.29.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Capitol Federal Financial's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

CFFN' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.24 Med: 1.66 Max: 2.81
Current: 2.3

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Capitol Federal Financial was 2.81. The lowest was 1.24. And the median was 1.66.

CFFN's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
87.23% of 1394 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 0.695 vs CFFN: 2.30

Capitol Federal Financial Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Capitol Federal Financial's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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Capitol Federal Financial Debt-to-Equity Chart

Capitol Federal Financial Annual Data

Trend

Sep14

Sep15

Sep16

Sep17

Sep18

Sep19

Sep20

Sep21

Sep22

Sep23

Debt-to-Equity

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1.68

1.39

1.27

1.95

2.76

Capitol Federal Financial Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															2.51	2.52	2.81	2.76	2.30

Competitive Comparison of Capitol Federal Financial's Debt-to-Equity

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Capitol Federal Financial's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Capitol Federal Financial's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Capitol Federal Financial's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Capitol Federal Financial's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

Capitol Federal Financial Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Capitol Federal Financial's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(0	+	2879.125)	/	1044.054
	=	2.76

Capitol Federal Financial's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(0	+	2373.064)	/	1034.121
	=	2.29

Capitol Federal Financial (NAS:CFFN) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

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Capitol Federal Financial (Capitol Federal Financial) Business Description

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Address

700 South Kansas Avenue, Topeka, KS, USA, 66603

Website

https://www.capfed.com

Capitol Federal Financial Inc is a bank holding company that operates through its wholly-owned subsidiary bank, Capitol Federal Savings Bank. The bank is a community-oriented financial institution that offers a variety of financial services through tens of locations. It primarily serves metropolitan areas within the state of Kansas. The bank performs traditional banking functions such as deposit-taking activities and investing that money in first-lien residential mortgages. It also participates in commercial real estate loans with other lenders, investing those funds in various securities. The vast majority of the bank's loan portfolio is in originated one- to four-family real estate loans. Its primary source of income is net interest income.

Executives

Anthony S. Barry	officer: EVP, Corporate Services	C/O CAPITOL FEDERAL FINANCIAL, INC., 700 S. KANSAS AVENUE, TOPEKA KS 66603
Jeffrey M Johnson	director	C/O CAPITOL FEDERAL FINANCIAL INC, 700 KANSAS AVENUE, TOPEKA KS 66603
Carlton A. Ricketts	officer: Executive Vice President	C/O CAPITOL FEDERAL FINANCIAL, 700 KANSAS AVENUE, TOPEKA KS 66601
Rick C Jackson	officer: Executive Vice President	CAPITOL FEDERAL FINANCIAL, 700 SOUTH KANSAS AVENUE, TOPEKA KS 66603
James G. Morris	director	C/O CAPITOL FEDERAL FINANCIAL, INC., 700 S. KANSAS AVENUE, TOPEKA KS 66603
Natalie G. Haag	officer: Executive Vice President	C/O CAPITOL FEDERAL FINANCIAL, 700 KANSAS AVENUE, TOPEKA KS 66603
Jeffrey R Thompson	director	C/O CAPITOL FEDERAL FINANCIAL, 700 S. KANSAS AVENUE, TOPEKA KS 66603
Skrobacz William Joseph Jr	officer: Executive Vice President	700 S KANSAS AVE, TOPEKA KS 66603
Robert D. Kobbeman	officer: EVP, Chief Commercial Banking	C/O CAPITOL FEDERAL FINANCIAL, INC., 700 S. KANSAS AVENUE, TOPEKA KS 66603
Huey Morris J Ii	director, officer: Executive Vice President	C/O CAPITOL FEDERAL FINANCIAL, 700 KANSAS AVENUE, TOPEKA KS 66603
Michel Philipp Cole	director	C/O CAPITOL FEDERAL FINANCIAL, INC., 700 S. KANSAS AVENUE, TOPEKA KS 66603
John B Dicus	director, officer: Chairman and President	C/O CAPITOL FEDERAL FINANCIAL, 700 SOUTH KANSAS AVENUE, TOPEKA KS 66603
Daniel L. Lehman	officer: Executive Vice President	C/O CAPITOL FEDERAL FINANCIAL, INC., 700 S. KANSAS AVENUE, TOPEKA KS 66603
Kent G Townsend	officer: Executive Vice President	C/O CAPITOL FEDERAL FINANCIAL, 700 S. KANSAS AVENUE, TOPEKA KS 66603
Marilyn S Ward	director	C/O CAPITOL FEDERAL FINANCIAL, 700 KANSAS AVENUE, TOPEKA KS 66603