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 Energy Transfer LP's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:
ET'
s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2946.28 Med: 2.27 Max: 51262.65
Current: 1.5
During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Energy Transfer LP was 51262.65. The lowest was -2946.28. And the median was 2.27.
ET's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than 81.84% of 826
companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 0.48
vs ET: 1.50
Energy Transfer LP Debt-to-Equity Historical Data
The historical data trend for Energy Transfer LP'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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Energy Transfer LP Annual Data
Trend
Dec12
Dec13
Dec14
Dec15
Dec16
Dec17
Dec18
Dec19
Dec20
Dec21
Debt-to-Equity
-36.86
2.24
2.37
2.82
1.62
Energy Transfer LP Quarterly Data
Sep17
Dec17
Mar18
Jun18
Sep18
Dec18
Mar19
Jun19
Sep19
Dec19
Mar20
Jun20
Sep20
Dec20
Mar21
Jun21
Sep21
Dec21
Mar22
Jun22
Debt-to-Equity
1.73
1.69
1.62
1.57
1.50
Competitive Comparison
For the Oil & Gas Midstream subindustry, Energy Transfer LP'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.
Energy Transfer LP Debt-to-Equity Distribution
For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Energy Transfer LP's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Energy Transfer LP's Debt-to-Equity falls into.
Energy Transfer LP Debt-to-Equity Calculation
Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.
Energy Transfer LP'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.
Energy Transfer LP (NYSE:ET) Debt-to-Equity Explanation
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.
Energy Transfer LP Debt-to-Equity Related Terms
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Energy Transfer owns a large platform of crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquid assets primarily in Texas and the U.S. midcontinent region. It also has gathering and processing facilities, one of the largest fractionation facilities in the U.S., and fuel distribution. Energy Transfer also owns the Lake Charles gas liquefaction facility. It combined its publicly traded limited and general partnerships in October 2018.
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