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 Amgen's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:
AMGN'
s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.03 Med: 0.37 Max: 40.23
Current: 15.1
During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Amgen was 40.23. The lowest was 0.03. And the median was 0.37.
AMGN's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than 99.53% of 859
companies
in the Drug Manufacturers industry
Industry Median: 0.30
vs AMGN: 15.10
Amgen Debt-to-Equity Historical Data
The historical data trend for Amgen'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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Amgen Annual Data
Trend
Dec12
Dec13
Dec14
Dec15
Dec16
Dec17
Dec18
Dec19
Dec20
Dec21
Debt-to-Equity
1.40
2.71
3.09
3.51
4.97
Amgen Quarterly Data
Sep17
Dec17
Mar18
Jun18
Sep18
Dec18
Mar19
Jun19
Sep19
Dec19
Mar20
Jun20
Sep20
Dec20
Mar21
Jun21
Sep21
Dec21
Mar22
Jun22
Debt-to-Equity
3.98
4.57
4.97
40.23
15.10
Competitive Comparison
For the Drug Manufacturers - General subindustry, Amgen'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.
Amgen Debt-to-Equity Distribution
For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Amgen's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Amgen's Debt-to-Equity falls into.
Amgen Debt-to-Equity Calculation
Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.
Amgen's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 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.
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.
Amgen Debt-to-Equity Related Terms
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Amgen is a leader in biotechnology-based human therapeutics, with historical expertise in renal disease and cancer supportive care products. Flagship drugs include red blood cell boosters Epogen and Aranesp, immune system boosters Neupogen and Neulasta, and Enbrel and Otezla for inflammatory diseases. Amgen introduced its first cancer therapeutic, Vectibix, in 2006 and markets bone-strengthening drug Prolia/Xgeva (approved 2010) and Evenity (2019). The acquisition of Onyx bolstered the firm's therapeutic oncology portfolio with Kyprolis. Recent launches include Repatha (cholesterol-lowering), Aimovig (migraine), Lumakras (lung cancer), and Tezspire (asthma). Amgen's biosimilar portfolio includes Mvasi (biosimilar Avastin), Kanjinti (biosimilar Herceptin), and Amgevita (biosimilar Humira).
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