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RWE AG (RWE AG) Debt-to-Equity

: 0.37 (As of Dec. 2023)
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RWE AG's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,070 Mil. RWE AG's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $11,743 Mil. RWE AG's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $34,426 Mil. RWE AG's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.37.

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

RWEOY' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.2   Med: 0.63   Max: 4.31
Current: 0.37

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of RWE AG was 4.31. The lowest was 0.20. And the median was 0.63.

RWEOY's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
72.78% of 474 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 0.84 vs RWEOY: 0.37

RWE AG Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for RWE AG'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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RWE AG Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-Equity
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.21 0.20 0.70 0.57 0.37

RWE AG 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.57 - - - 0.37
Competitive Comparison

For the Utilities - Diversified subindustry, RWE AG'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.

RWE AG Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, RWE AG's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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


RWE AG Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

RWE AG's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year 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
=(1069.793 + 11742.639) / 34426.39
=0.37

RWE AG'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
=(1069.793 + 11742.639) / 34426.39
=0.37

* 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.

RWE AG  (OTCPK:RWEOY) 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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RWE AG (RWE AG) Business Description

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Address
RWE Platz 1, Essen, NW, DEU, 45141
Website
https://www.rwe.com
Since the deal with E.On, RWE is refocused on power generation, mostly in Europe. It owns 38 gigawatts of power generation capacity: 28% from lignite and hard coal plants, 37% from gas plants, 40% from renewables including pumped storage and batteries. Besides Germany, RWE's power plants are chiefly located in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Turkey, and the United States for many onshore wind farms.