Boston Properties (BSP:BOXP34) Debt-to-Equity : 2.83 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Boston Properties Debt-to-Equity?

Boston Properties's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was R$0 Mil. Boston Properties's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was R$81,457 Mil. Boston Properties's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was R$28,795 Mil. Boston Properties's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.83.

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

BSP:BOXP34' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.61 Med: 2.01 Max: 2.83
Current: 2.83

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Boston Properties was 2.83. The lowest was 1.61. And the median was 2.01.

BSP:BOXP34's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
93.02% of 673 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 0.78 vs BSP:BOXP34: 2.83

Boston Properties Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

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

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Boston Properties Debt-to-Equity Chart

Boston Properties Annual Data

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Debt-to-Equity

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2.15

2.25

2.29

2.40

2.83

Boston Properties 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															2.40	2.50	2.64	2.69	2.83

Competitive Comparison of Boston Properties's Debt-to-Equity

For the REIT - Office subindustry, Boston Properties'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.

Boston Properties's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Boston Properties's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Boston Properties Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Boston Properties'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
	=	(0	+	81457.455)	/	28794.64
	=	2.83

Boston Properties'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	+	81457.455)	/	28794.64
	=	2.83

Boston Properties (BSP:BOXP34) 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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Boston Properties (BSP:BOXP34) Business Description

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Address

800 Boylston Street, Suite 1900, Prudential Center, Boston, MA, USA, 02199-8103

Website

https://www.bxp.com

Boston Properties owns over 190 properties consisting of approximately 54 million rentable square feet of space. The portfolio is dominated by office buildings and is spread across major cities such as New York, Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, and the Washington, D.C., region. The real estate investment trust also owns limited retail, hotel, and residential properties.

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