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 Rivian Automotive's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:
RIVN'
s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.89 Med: -0.11 Max: 0.09
Current: 0.09
During the past 3 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Rivian Automotive was 0.09. The lowest was -0.89. And the median was -0.11.
RIVN's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than 84.39% of 1134
companies
in the Vehicles & Parts industry
Industry Median: 0.47
vs RIVN: 0.09
Rivian Automotive Debt-to-Equity Historical Data
The historical data trend for Rivian Automotive'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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Rivian Automotive Annual Data
Trend
Dec19
Dec20
Dec21
Debt-to-Equity
-0.20
-0.13
0.08
Rivian Automotive Quarterly Data
Dec19
Sep20
Dec20
Mar21
Jun21
Sep21
Dec21
Mar22
Debt-to-Equity
N/A
-0.08
-0.89
0.08
0.09
Competitive Comparison
For the Auto Manufacturers subindustry, Rivian Automotive'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.
Rivian Automotive Debt-to-Equity Distribution
For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Rivian Automotive's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Rivian Automotive's Debt-to-Equity falls into.
Rivian Automotive Debt-to-Equity Calculation
Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.
Rivian Automotive'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.
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