Heartland Financial USA (Heartland Financial USA) Debt-to-Equity

: 0.42 (As of Dec. 2023)

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Heartland Financial USA's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $579.8 Mil. Heartland Financial USA's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $223.1 Mil. Heartland Financial USA's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,933.1 Mil. Heartland Financial USA's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.42.

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 Heartland Financial USA's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

HTLF' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.07 Med: 0.19 Max: 0.61
Current: 0.42

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Heartland Financial USA was 0.61. The lowest was 0.07. And the median was 0.19.

HTLF's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
65.73% of 1395 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 0.7 vs HTLF: 0.42

Heartland Financial USA Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Heartland Financial USA's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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Heartland Financial USA Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Debt-to-Equity

0.14

0.07

0.11

0.16

0.42

Heartland Financial USA Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Debt-to-Equity																0.16	0.13	0.13	0.32	0.42

Competitive Comparison

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Heartland Financial USA'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.

Heartland Financial USA Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Heartland Financial USA's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Heartland Financial USA's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

Heartland Financial USA Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Heartland Financial USA'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
	=	(579.808	+	223.108)	/	1933.117
	=	0.42

Heartland Financial USA'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
	=	(579.808	+	223.108)	/	1933.117
	=	0.42

Heartland Financial USA (NAS:HTLF) 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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Heartland Financial USA (Heartland Financial USA) Business Description

Industry

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Address

1800 Larimer Street, Suite 1800, Denver, CO, USA, 80202

Website

https://www.htlf.com

Heartland Financial USA Inc is a multi-bank holding company that offers a wide range of commercial, small business, and consumer banking services to businesses, including public sector and non-profit entities, and individuals. It also provides traditional and non-traditional service channels including online banking, mobile/remote banking, and telephone banking. The company's business lines are Commercial Banking, Agricultural Loans, Small Business Banking, Residential Real Estate Mortgage Lending, Consumer Banking, and Wealth Management and Retirement Plan Services.

Executives

Kevin C Karrels	officer: EVP, Head of Consumer, Retail	1800 LARIMER ST., SUITE 1800, DENVER CO 80202
Robert S Kahn	officer: EVP, Chief Strategy Officer	1800 LARIMER ST., SUITE 1800, DENVER CO 80202
Bruce K Lee	director, officer: PRESIDENT	1800 LARIMER ST., SUITE 1800, DENVER CO 80202
Deborah K Deters	officer: EVP, Chief HR Officer	700 LOCUST STREET, 4TH FLOOR, DUBUQUE IA 52001
Margaret Lazo	director	1800 LARIMER ST., SUITE 1800, DENVER CO 80202
Opal Perry	director	HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC., ESTERO FL 33928
Robert B Engel	director	C/O ALLIED MOTION TECHNOLOGIES INC., 495 COMMERCE DRIVE, AMHERST NY 14228
Martin J Schmitz	director	700 LOCUST STREET, 4TH FLOOR, DUBUQUE IA 52001
Kevin G Quinn	officer: EVP Chief Banking Officer	700 LOCUST STREET, 4TH FLOOR, DUBUQUE IA 52001
Mark E Frank	officer: SVP, Regional Operations	700 LOCUST STREET, 4TH FLOOR, DUBUQUE IA 52001
Kathryn G Unger	director	700 LOCUST STREET, 4TH FLOOR, DUBUQUE IA 52001
Christopher Hylen	director	700 LOCUST STREET, 4TH FLOOR, DUBUQUE IA 52001
Lynn B Fuller	director, officer: President & CEO	700 LOCUST STREET, 4TH FLOOR, DUBUQUE IA 52001
Jay Kim	officer: EVP & General Counsel	1800 LARIMER ST., SUITE 1800, DENVER CO 80202
Nathan R Jones	officer: EVP, Chief Credit Officer	1800 LARIMER ST., SUITE 1800, DENVER CO 80202