The Home Depot (BUE:HD) Debt-to-Equity

: 50.04 (As of Jan. 2024)

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The Home Depot's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was ARS1,954,832 Mil. The Home Depot's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was ARS40,281,020 Mil. The Home Depot's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was ARS844,022 Mil. The Home Depot's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 50.04.

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 The Home Depot's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

BUE:HD' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -27.28 Med: 4.4 Max: 50.04
Current: 50.04

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of The Home Depot was 50.04. The lowest was -27.28. And the median was 4.40.

BUE:HD's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
99.5% of 1005 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 0.64 vs BUE:HD: 50.04

The Home Depot Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Home Depot'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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The Home Depot Annual Data

Trend

Jan15

Jan16

Jan17

Jan18

Jan19

Jan20

Jan21

Jan22

Jan23

Jan24

Debt-to-Equity

-12.00

13.16

-27.28

32.24

50.04

The Home Depot 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																32.24	136.54	37.07	34.44	50.04

Competitive Comparison

For the Home Improvement Retail subindustry, The Home Depot'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.

The Home Depot Debt-to-Equity Distribution

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

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

The Home Depot Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

The Home Depot'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
	=	(1954832.061	+	40281020.448)	/	844021.783
	=	50.04

The Home Depot'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
	=	(1954832.061	+	40281020.448)	/	844021.783
	=	50.04

The Home Depot (BUE:HD) 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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The Home Depot (BUE:HD) Business Description

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Traded in Other Exchanges

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Address

2455 Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30339

Website

https://www.homedepot.com

Home Depot is the world's largest home improvement specialty retailer, operating more than 2,300 warehouse-format stores offering more than 30,000 products in store and 1 million products online in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Its stores offer numerous building materials, home improvement products, lawn and garden products, and decor products and provide various services, including home improvement installation services and tool and equipment rentals. The acquisition of distributor Interline Brands in 2015 allowed Home Depot to enter the maintenance, repair, and operations business, which has been expanded through the tie-up with HD Supply (2020). Moreover, the additions of the Company Store brought textile exposure to the lineup, while Redi Carpet added multifamily flooring.