Macy's (Macy's) Debt-to-Equity

: 1.45 (As of Jan. 2024)

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Macy's's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $0 Mil. Macy's's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $5,984 Mil. Macy's's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $4,137 Mil. Macy's's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 1.45.

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 Macy's's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

M' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.77 Med: 1.51 Max: 3.26
Current: 1.45

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Macy's was 3.26. The lowest was 0.77. And the median was 1.51.

M's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
78.27% of 1003 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 0.64 vs M: 1.45

Macy's Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

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

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Macy's Annual Data

Trend

Jan15

Jan16

Jan17

Jan18

Jan19

Jan20

Jan21

Jan22

Jan23

Jan24

Debt-to-Equity

1.17

3.26

1.89

1.57

1.45

Macy's Quarterly Data
	Apr19	Jul19	Oct19	Jan20	Apr20	Jul20	Oct20	Jan21	Apr21	Jul21	Oct21	Jan22	Apr22	Jul22	Oct22	Jan23	Apr23	Jul23	Oct23	Jan24
Debt-to-Equity																1.57	1.44	1.42	1.49	1.45

Competitive Comparison

For the Department Stores subindustry, Macy's'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.

Macy's Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Macy's's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Macy's Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Macy's's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 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	+	5984)	/	4137
	=	1.45

Macy's's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 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	+	5984)	/	4137
	=	1.45

Macy's (NYSE:M) 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.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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Macy's (Macy's) Business Description

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Address

151 West 34th Street, New York, NY, USA, 10001

Website

https://www.macysinc.com

Founded in 1858 and based in New York City, Macy's operates about 550 stores under the Macy's nameplate, nearly 60 stores under the Bloomingdale's (full-price and outlet) and Bloomie's nameplates, and 158 freestanding Bluemercury specialty beauty stores. Macy's also operates e-commerce sites and licenses two Bloomingdale's stores in the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait. Women's apparel, accessories, shoes, cosmetics, and fragrances composed 61% of Macy's 2022 sales.

Executives

Adrian V Mitchell	officer: Chief Financial Officer	C/O MACY'S, INC., 151 WEST 34TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10001
Paul Griscom	officer: Interim Principal Acctg. Offr.	C/O MACY'S, INC., 145 PROGRESS PLACE, SPRINGDALE OH 45246
Danielle L. Kirgan	officer: Chief Human Resources Officer	C/O MACY'S, INC., 151 WEST 34TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10001
Garcia C Elisa D	officer: Chief Legal Officer	151 WEST 34TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10001
Jeffrey Gennette	officer: Chief Merchandising Officer	C/O MACY'S, INC., 151 WEST 34TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10001
Antony Spring	officer: Chairman & CEO, Bloomingdale's	C/O MACY'S, INC., 7 WEST SEVENTH STREET, CINCINNATI OH 45202
Naveen K. Chopra	director	C/O 2160 GOLD STREET, SAN JOSE CA 95002
Emilie Arel	director	C/O CASPER SLEEP INC., 175 GREENWICH ST., THREE WORLD TRADE CENTER, FLOOR 39, NEW YORK NY 10007
Jill Granoff	director	LIZ CLAIBORNE, INC., 1441 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10018
Marie A Chandoha	director	C/O THE CHARLES SCHWAB CORPORATION, 211 MAIN STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Ashley Buchanan	director	C/O THE MICHAELS COMPANIES, INC., 8000 BENT BRANCH DRIVE, IRVING TX 75063
Tracey Zhen	director	C/O MACY'S, INC., 145 PROGRESS PLACE, SPRINGDALE OH 45246
John T. Harper	officer: Chief Operations Officer	C/O MACY'S, INC., 151 WEST 34TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10001
Paul C Varga	director	850 DIXIE HIGHWAY, LOUISVILLE KY 40210
Felicia Williams	officer: EVP,Controller/Enterprise Risk	C/O MACY'S, INC., 151 WEST 34TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10001