Applied Materials (WBO:AMAT) Debt-to-Equity : 0.34 (As of Jan. 2024)

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What is Applied Materials Debt-to-Equity?

Applied Materials's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was €263 Mil. Applied Materials's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was €5,234 Mil. Applied Materials's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was €16,000 Mil. Applied Materials's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 0.34.

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

WBO:AMAT' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.23 Med: 0.49 Max: 0.78
Current: 0.34

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Applied Materials was 0.78. The lowest was 0.23. And the median was 0.49.

WBO:AMAT's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
57.53% of 883 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 0.26 vs WBO:AMAT: 0.34

Applied Materials Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

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

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Applied Materials Debt-to-Equity Chart

Applied Materials Annual Data

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Oct16

Oct17

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Oct20

Oct21

Oct22

Oct23

Debt-to-Equity

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0.65

0.54

0.47

0.48

0.37

Applied Materials 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															0.46	0.43	0.40	0.37	0.34

Competitive Comparison of Applied Materials's Debt-to-Equity

For the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials subindustry, Applied Materials'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.

Applied Materials's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Applied Materials's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Applied Materials Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Applied Materials's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 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
	=	(270.842	+	5410.211)	/	15482.503
	=	0.37

Applied Materials'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
	=	(263.466	+	5234.436)	/	15999.822
	=	0.34

Applied Materials (WBO:AMAT) 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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Applied Materials (WBO:AMAT) Business Description

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Website

https://www.appliedmaterials.com

Applied Materials is the largest semiconductor wafer fabrication equipment, or WFE, manufacturer in the world. Applied Materials has a broad portfolio spanning nearly every corner of the WFE ecosystem. Specifically, Applied Materials holds a market share leadership position in deposition, which entails the layering of new materials on semiconductor wafers. It is more exposed to general-purpose logic chips made at integrated device manufacturers and foundries. It counts the largest chipmakers in the world as customers, including TSMC, Intel, and Samsung.