Alimentation Couche-Tard (Alimentation Couche-Tard) Debt-to-Equity : 1.11 (As of Jan. 2024)

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What is Alimentation Couche-Tard Debt-to-Equity?

Alimentation Couche-Tard's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $2,666 Mil. Alimentation Couche-Tard's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $12,025 Mil. Alimentation Couche-Tard's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $13,300 Mil. Alimentation Couche-Tard's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 1.10.

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 Alimentation Couche-Tard's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

ANCUF' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.42 Med: 0.76 Max: 1.27
Current: 1.11

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Alimentation Couche-Tard was 1.27. The lowest was 0.42. And the median was 0.76.

ANCUF's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
70.82% of 1004 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 0.64 vs ANCUF: 1.11

Alimentation Couche-Tard Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alimentation Couche-Tard's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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Alimentation Couche-Tard Debt-to-Equity Chart

Alimentation Couche-Tard Annual Data

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Apr23

Debt-to-Equity

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0.78

1.03

0.79

0.76

0.75

Alimentation Couche-Tard Quarterly Data
	Apr19	Jul19	Oct19	Jan20	Apr20	Jul20	Oct20	Jan21	Apr21	Jul21	Oct21	Jan22	Apr22	Jul22	Oct22	Jan23	Apr23	Jul23	Oct23	Jan24
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.77	0.75	0.75	0.79	1.11

Competitive Comparison of Alimentation Couche-Tard's Debt-to-Equity

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Alimentation Couche-Tard'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.

Alimentation Couche-Tard's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Alimentation Couche-Tard's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Alimentation Couche-Tard Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Alimentation Couche-Tard's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 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
	=	(438.8	+	9027.1)	/	12564.5
	=	0.75

Alimentation Couche-Tard's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 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
	=	(2666.1	+	12024.5)	/	13299.5
	=	1.10

Alimentation Couche-Tard (OTCPK:ANCUF) 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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Alimentation Couche-Tard (Alimentation Couche-Tard) Business Description

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Address

4204 Boulevard Industriel, Laval, QC, CAN, H7L 0E3

Website

https://corpo.couche-tard.com

Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc operates a network of convenience stores across North America, Ireland, Scandinavia, Poland, the Baltics, and Russia. The company primarily generates income through the sale of tobacco products, groceries, beverages, fresh food, quick service restaurants, car wash services, other retail products and services, road transportation fuel, stationary energy, marine fuel, and chemicals. In addition, the company operates more stores under the Circle K banner in other countries such as China, Egypt, and Malaysia. Its operation is geographically divided into U.S., Europe, and Canada. Revenue from external customers fall mainly into three categories: merchandise and services, road transportation fuel, and other.