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Associated British Foods (Associated British Foods) Debt-to-Equity : 0.34 (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is Associated British Foods Debt-to-Equity?

Associated British Foods's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $648 Mil. Associated British Foods's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $4,105 Mil. Associated British Foods's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $13,987 Mil. Associated British Foods's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 0.34.

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 Associated British Foods's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

ASBFY' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.06   Med: 0.16   Max: 0.45
Current: 0.34

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Associated British Foods was 0.45. The lowest was 0.06. And the median was 0.16.

ASBFY's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
54.94% of 1640 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 0.41 vs ASBFY: 0.34

Associated British Foods Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Associated British Foods'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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Associated British Foods Debt-to-Equity Chart

Associated British Foods Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.06 0.44 0.37 0.34 0.34

Associated British Foods Semi-Annual Data
Aug14 Feb15 Aug15 Feb16 Aug16 Feb17 Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23 Feb24
Debt-to-Equity Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 0.38 0.34 0.34 0.34 0.34

Competitive Comparison of Associated British Foods's Debt-to-Equity

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Associated British Foods'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.


Associated British Foods's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Associated British Foods's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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



Associated British Foods Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Associated British Foods's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as

Associated British Foods's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

* 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.


Associated British Foods  (OTCPK:ASBFY) 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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Associated British Foods (Associated British Foods) Business Description

Address
10 Grosvenor Street, Weston Centre, London, GBR, W1K 4QY
Associated British Foods is a diversified international retail, food, and ingredients group with 130,000 employees and operations in 50 countries across Europe, southern Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Australia. The group sells branded grocery products, grows and processes sugar, supplies farmers with crop input and animal feed, and runs the popular Primark clothing retail chain. It also supplies ingredients like baker's yeast, enzymes, lipids, and cereal specialities. Some 40% of sales are in the U.K., and Primark generates more than half of the firm's operating profit.

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