BNP Paribas (BNP Paribas) Debt-to-Equity : 2.80 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is BNP Paribas Debt-to-Equity?

BNP Paribas's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0 Mil. BNP Paribas's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $378,239 Mil. BNP Paribas's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $134,942 Mil. BNP Paribas's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.80.

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

BNPQF' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.37 Med: 2.87 Max: 3.15
Current: 2.8

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of BNP Paribas was 3.15. The lowest was 2.37. And the median was 2.87.

BNPQF's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
91.68% of 1394 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 0.695 vs BNPQF: 2.80

BNP Paribas Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for BNP Paribas's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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BNP Paribas Debt-to-Equity Chart

BNP Paribas Annual Data

Trend

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Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Debt-to-Equity

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2.97

2.40

2.37

2.43

2.80

BNP Paribas Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															2.43	2.10	2.77	2.36	2.80

Competitive Comparison of BNP Paribas's Debt-to-Equity

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, BNP Paribas'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.

BNP Paribas's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Banks Industry

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

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

BNP Paribas Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

BNP Paribas's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 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
	=	(0	+	378238.822)	/	134942.203
	=	2.80

BNP Paribas's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 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
	=	(0	+	378238.822)	/	134942.203
	=	2.80

BNP Paribas (OTCPK:BNPQF) 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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BNP Paribas (BNP Paribas) Business Description

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Address

16, Boulevard Des Italiens, Paris, FRA, 75009

Website

https://group.bnpparibas

The merger of Banque Nationale de Paris and Paribas created BNP Paribas in 2000, making it the largest publicly traded bank in France. Although BNP Paribas has operations in about 80 countries, it considers France, Italy, and Belgium to be its home markets.