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 Activision Blizzard's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:
ATVI'
s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0 Med: 0.43 Max: 0.9
Current: 0.2
During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Activision Blizzard was 0.90. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.43.
ATVI's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than 58.5% of 412
companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: 0.14
vs ATVI: 0.20
Activision Blizzard Debt-to-Equity Historical Data
The historical data trend for Activision Blizzard'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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Activision Blizzard Annual Data
Trend
Dec12
Dec13
Dec14
Dec15
Dec16
Dec17
Dec18
Dec19
Dec20
Dec21
Debt-to-Equity
0.46
0.23
0.21
0.24
0.21
Activision Blizzard 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
0.22
0.21
0.21
0.20
0.20
Competitive Comparison
For the Electronic Gaming & Multimedia subindustry, Activision Blizzard'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.
Activision Blizzard Debt-to-Equity Distribution
For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Activision Blizzard's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Activision Blizzard's Debt-to-Equity falls into.
Activision Blizzard Debt-to-Equity Calculation
Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.
Activision Blizzard'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.
Activision Blizzard Debt-to-Equity Related Terms
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Activision Blizzard was formed in 2008 by the merger of Activision, one of the largest console video game publishers, and Blizzard, one of largest PC video game publishers. The combined firm remains one of the world's largest video game publishers. Activision's impressive franchise portfolio includes World of Warcraft, which boasts more than $8 billion of lifetime sales, and Call of Duty, which has sold over 175 million copies across 14 titles over 12 years.
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