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 Dollar Tree's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:
DLTR'
s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.04 Med: 0.25 Max: 2.09
Current: 1.2
During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Dollar Tree was 2.09. The lowest was 0.04. And the median was 0.25.
DLTR's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than 67.65% of 272
companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 0.70
vs DLTR: 1.20
Dollar Tree Debt-to-Equity Historical Data
The historical data trend for Dollar Tree'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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Dollar Tree Annual Data
Trend
Jan13
Jan14
Jan15
Jan16
Jan17
Jan18
Jan19
Jan20
Jan21
Jan22
Debt-to-Equity
0.79
0.77
1.60
1.32
1.29
Dollar Tree Quarterly Data
Jul17
Oct17
Jan18
Apr18
Jul18
Oct18
Jan19
Apr19
Jul19
Oct19
Jan20
Apr20
Jul20
Oct20
Jan21
Apr21
Jul21
Oct21
Jan22
Apr22
Debt-to-Equity
1.31
1.38
1.35
1.29
1.20
Competitive Comparison
For the Discount Stores subindustry, Dollar Tree'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.
Dollar Tree Debt-to-Equity Distribution
For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Dollar Tree's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Dollar Tree's Debt-to-Equity falls into.
Dollar Tree Debt-to-Equity Calculation
Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.
Dollar Tree's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2022 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.
Dollar Tree Debt-to-Equity Related Terms
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Dollar Tree operates discount stores in the U.S. and Canada, including over 7,800 shops under both its namesake and Family Dollar units (nearly 15,700 in total). The eponymous chain features branded and private-label goods, generally at a $1.25 price. Nearly 50% of Dollar Tree stores' fiscal 2020 sales came from consumables (including food, health and beauty, and household paper and cleaning products), just over 45% from variety items (including toys and housewares), and 5% from seasonal goods. Family Dollar features branded and private-label goods at prices generally ranging from $1 to $10, with over 76% of fiscal 2020 sales from consumables, 9% from seasonal/electronic items (including prepaid phones and toys), 9% from home products, and 6% from apparel and accessories.
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