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CBU (Community Financial System) Debt-to-Equity : 0.33 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Community Financial System Debt-to-Equity?

Community Financial System's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $0.0 Mil. Community Financial System's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $595.5 Mil. Community Financial System's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $1,834.1 Mil. Community Financial System's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 0.32.

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

CBU' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0   Med: 0.08   Max: 0.67
Current: 0.33

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Community Financial System was 0.67. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.08.

CBU's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
66.96% of 1486 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 0.59 vs CBU: 0.33

Community Financial System Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Community Financial System'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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Community Financial System Debt-to-Equity Chart

Community Financial System Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.04 - 0.51 0.27 0.42

Community Financial System Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Debt-to-Equity Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.24 0.43 0.35 0.42 0.33

Competitive Comparison of Community Financial System's Debt-to-Equity

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Community Financial System'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.


Community Financial System's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Banks Industry

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

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


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Community Financial System Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Community Financial System's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Community Financial System's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 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.


Community Financial System  (NYSE:CBU) 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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Community Financial System Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
5790 Widewaters Parkway, DeWitt, NY, USA, 13214-1883
Community Financial System Inc is a diversified financial services company providing a broad array of banking and other financial services to retail, commercial, institutional and governmental customers. The Company also offers comprehensive financial planning, trust administration and wealth management services through its Community Bank Wealth Management operating unit. It has four reportable operating business segments: Banking and Corporate, Employee Benefit Services, Insurance Services and Wealth Management Services.
Executives
Jeffrey M Levy officer: President, Commercial Banking 52 SOUTH BROAD STREET, NORWICH NY 13815
John F. Whipple director 1692 GOODRICH AVENUE, OLEAN NY 14760
Mark J. Bolus director R.R. 1, BOX 412A, DALTON PA 18414
Kerrie D. Macpherson director 5790 WIDEWATERS PARKWAY, C/O COMMUNITY BANK SYSTEM INC., DEWITT NY 13214
Dimitar Karaivanov officer: EVP Financial Serv & Corp Dev C/O COMMUNITY BANK SYSTEM, INC., 5790 WIDEWATERS PARKWAY, DEWITT NY 13214
Sally A Steele director
Brian R Ace director
Michael N Abdo officer: EVP and General Counsel 5790 WIDEWATERS PARKWAY, DEWITT NY 13214
Jeffrey J Knauss director 2438 EAST LAKE ROAD, SKANEATELES NY 13152
George J Getman officer: Executive VP & General Counsel 7856 CAHILL ROAD, MANLIUS NY 13104
Maureen A Gillan-myer officer: EVP, Chief Human Resources Off C/O HSBC NORTH AMERICA, 452 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10018
John Parente director 478 SCHOOLHOUSE ROAD, TUNKHANNOCK PA 18657
Joseph Jonathon Lemchak officer: SVP, Chief Investment Officer 4482 YOUNG ROAD, SYRACUSE NY 13215
Eric Stickels director 182 MAIN STREET, ONEIDA NY 13421
Susan E Skerritt director 3200 NORTHLINE AVE, SUITE 360, GREENSBORO NC 27408