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Qualcomm's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 was $1,446 Mil. Qualcomm's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 was $15,431 Mil. Qualcomm's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 was $18,810 Mil. Qualcomm's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 was 0.90.
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 Qualcomm's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:
During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Qualcomm was 20.29. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.15.
The historical data trend for Qualcomm'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.
For the Semiconductors subindustry, Qualcomm'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.
For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Qualcomm's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Qualcomm's Debt-to-Equity falls in comparison to its industry or sector. The grey bar indicates the Debt-to-Equity's extreme value range as defined by GuruFocus.
Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.
Qualcomm's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2022 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 | |
= | (1945 | + | 13537) | / | 18013 | |
= | 0.86 |
Qualcomm's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 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 | |
= | (1446 | + | 15431) | / | 18810 | |
= | 0.90 |
* 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.
Qualcomm (NAS:QCOM) 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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