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CMI (Cummins) Debt-to-Equity : 0.74 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Cummins Debt-to-Equity?

Cummins's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $2,825 Mil. Cummins's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $5,210 Mil. Cummins's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $10,924 Mil. Cummins's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 0.74.

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 Cummins's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

CMI' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.21   Med: 0.54   Max: 1.03
Current: 0.74

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Cummins was 1.03. The lowest was 0.21. And the median was 0.54.

CMI's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
78.67% of 2626 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 0.28 vs CMI: 0.74

Cummins Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cummins'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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Cummins Debt-to-Equity Chart

Cummins 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 0.57 0.57 0.93 0.81 0.74

Cummins 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 0.81 0.83 0.79 0.74 0.74

Competitive Comparison of Cummins's Debt-to-Equity

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Cummins'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.


Cummins's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Cummins's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Cummins Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

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

Cummins'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.


Cummins  (NYSE:CMI) 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.


Cummins Debt-to-Equity Related Terms

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Cummins Business Description

Address
500 Jackson Street, Box 3005, Columbus, IN, USA, 47202-3005
Cummins is a leading manufacturer of diesel and other engines used in heavy- and medium-duty commercial trucks, off-highway equipment, and locomotives, in addition to prime power and standby generators. The company also sells powertrain components, which include filtration products, transmissions, turbochargers, aftertreatment systems, and fuel systems. Sales are approximately 60% US and Canada and 40% rest of world. Much of Cummins' foreign sales (China, India, and so forth) are through joint ventures. The company operates 650 distributors and over 19,000 dealer locations across 190 countries. Cummins' business model is unique as it competes with many of its heavy-duty truck manufacturer customers, who also make their own engines.
Executives
Mark Andrew Smith officer: VP - Operations Finance 500 JACKSON STREET, COLUMBUS IN 47201
Jennifer Rumsey officer: Chief Technical Officer 500 JACKSON STREET, COLUMBUS IN 47201
Sharon R Barner officer: VP - General Counsel 500 JACKSON STREET, COLUMBUS IN 47201
Di Leo Allen Bruno V director INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP., C/O SEC'Y'S OFFICE, ONE NEW ORCHARD ROAD, ARMONK NY 10504
Donald G Jackson officer: VP and Treasurer 500 JACKSON STREET, COLUMBUS IN 47201
Tony Satterthwaite officer: President - Distribution 1400 73RD AVENUE NE, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55432
Jeffrey T Wiltrout officer: VP - Corporate Strategy 500 JACKSON STREET, COLUMBUS IN 47201
Marvin Boakye officer: VP - Chief Human Resources Off PO BOX 99900, LOUISVILLE KY 40269
Daniel William Fisher director 2526 SPRUCE MEADOWS DRIVE, BROOMFIELD CO 80023
Sherry A Aaholm officer: Chief Information Officer 500 JACKSON STREET, COLUMBUS IN 47201
Luther E Peters officer: VP - Corporate Controller 500 JACKSON STREET, COLUMBUS IN 47201
Jonathan David Wood officer: Vice President & CTO 500 JACKSON STREET, COLUMBUS IN 47201
Georgia R Nelson director C/O TOWER AUTOMOTIVE INC, 27175 HAGGERTY ROAD, NOVI MI 48377-3626
Franklin R Changdiaz director 500 JACKSON ST., M/C 60701, COLUMBUS IN 47201
Norman Thomas Linebarger officer: President-Power Gen.