Swiss Life Holding AG (Swiss Life Holding AG) Debt-to-Equity : 1.16 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Swiss Life Holding AG Debt-to-Equity?

Swiss Life Holding AG's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0 Mil. Swiss Life Holding AG's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $10,977 Mil. Swiss Life Holding AG's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $9,452 Mil. Swiss Life Holding AG's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.16.

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

SWSDF' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.3 Med: 0.44 Max: 1.24
Current: 1.16

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Swiss Life Holding AG was 1.24. The lowest was 0.30. And the median was 0.44.

SWSDF's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
89.5% of 381 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 0.24 vs SWSDF: 1.16

Swiss Life Holding AG Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Swiss Life Holding AG's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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Swiss Life Holding AG Debt-to-Equity Chart

Swiss Life Holding AG Annual Data

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Dec23

Debt-to-Equity

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0.43

0.48

0.44

1.24

1.16

Swiss Life Holding AG Semi-Annual Data
	Jun14	Dec14	Jun15	Dec15	Jun16	Dec16	Jun17	Dec17	Jun18	Dec18	Jun19	Dec19	Jun20	Dec20	Jun21	Dec21	Jun22	Dec22	Jun23	Dec23
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.44	0.87	1.24	1.21	1.16

Competitive Comparison of Swiss Life Holding AG's Debt-to-Equity

For the Insurance - Diversified subindustry, Swiss Life Holding 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.

Swiss Life Holding AG's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Swiss Life Holding AG's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Swiss Life Holding AG Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Swiss Life Holding 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
	=	(0	+	10977.105)	/	9451.896
	=	1.16

Swiss Life Holding 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
	=	(0	+	10977.105)	/	9451.896
	=	1.16

Swiss Life Holding AG (OTCPK:SWSDF) 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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Swiss Life Holding AG (Swiss Life Holding AG) Business Description

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Traded in Other Exchanges

SZLMY:USA SLHNz:UK 0QMG:UK SLW1:Germany SLHNE:Switzerland SLHN:Switzerland

Address

General-Guisan-Quai 40, P.O. Box 2831, Zurich, CHE, CH-8022

Website

https://www.swisslife.com

Swiss Life is predominantly a life and long-term savings company that generates the main share of its revenue and earnings from its domestic market of Switzerland. The company also operates in France, Germany, and a few smaller, but wealthy European markets. The company also has an asset manager. Swiss Life has three main sources of income that vary in importance by geography. Savings income relates to spread-based earnings, the risk result relates to an insurance margin, and the fee result relates to asset management and its financial advisor network. The fee result has been growing in importance over recent years as a result of advice, unit-linked sales, and third-party asset management.