Atco (TSX:ACO.Y) Debt-to-Equity : 2.58 (As of Mar. 2025)

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What is Atco Debt-to-Equity?

Atco's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was C$574 Mil. Atco's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was C$11,612 Mil. Atco's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was C$4,729 Mil. Atco's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 2.58.

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

TSX:ACO.Y' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.3 Med: 2.44 Max: 2.95
Current: 2.58

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Atco was 2.95. The lowest was 2.30. And the median was 2.44.

TSX:ACO.Y's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
91.43% of 467 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 0.9 vs TSX:ACO.Y: 2.58

Atco Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

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

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* 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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Atco Debt-to-Equity Chart

Atco Annual Data

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Dec21

Dec22

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Dec24

Debt-to-Equity

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2.40

2.47

2.33

2.53

2.59

Atco 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															2.46	2.51	2.59	2.59	2.58

Competitive Comparison of Atco's Debt-to-Equity

For the Utilities - Diversified subindustry, Atco'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.

Atco's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Atco's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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Atco Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Atco's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 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
	=	(380	+	11599)	/	4632
	=	2.59

Atco's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 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
	=	(574	+	11612)	/	4729
	=	2.58

Atco (TSX:ACO.Y) 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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5302 Forand Street SW, 4th Floor, West Building, Calgary, AB, CAN, T3E 8B4

Website

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Atco Ltd is a Canada-based diversified company. The company's Structures & Logistics segment offers workforce and residential housing, modular facilities, construction, site support services, workforce lodging services, facility operations, and maintenance, defense operations services, and disaster and emergency management services. The Neltume Ports segment includes the equity interest in Neltume Ports S.A., a port operator and developer based in South America. The Retail Energy segment provides electricity and natural gas retail sales, and home maintenance solutions. Its Canadian Utilities Limited segment includes ATCO Energy Systems, ATCO EnPower, and ATCO Australia. It generates maximum revenue from the ATCO Energy Systems segment.

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