Barry Callebaut AG (XSWX:BARN) Debt-to-Equity : 1.06 (As of Feb. 2024)

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What is Barry Callebaut AG Debt-to-Equity?

Barry Callebaut AG's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was CHF1,033 Mil. Barry Callebaut AG's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was CHF2,032 Mil. Barry Callebaut AG's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was CHF2,898 Mil. Barry Callebaut AG's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 1.06.

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 Barry Callebaut AG's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

XSWX:BARN' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.62 Med: 0.9 Max: 1.17
Current: 1.06

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Barry Callebaut AG was 1.17. The lowest was 0.62. And the median was 0.90.

XSWX:BARN's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
79.33% of 1640 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 0.41 vs XSWX:BARN: 1.06

Barry Callebaut AG Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

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

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Barry Callebaut AG Debt-to-Equity Chart

Barry Callebaut AG Annual Data

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Aug20

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Aug22

Aug23

Debt-to-Equity

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0.78

1.17

0.89

0.72

0.62

Barry Callebaut AG Semi-Annual Data
	Aug14	Feb15	Aug15	Feb16	Aug16	Feb17	Aug17	Feb18	Aug18	Feb19	Aug19	Feb20	Aug20	Feb21	Aug21	Feb22	Aug22	Feb23	Aug23	Feb24
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.86	0.72	0.76	0.62	1.06

Competitive Comparison of Barry Callebaut AG's Debt-to-Equity

For the Confectioners subindustry, Barry Callebaut AG'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.

Barry Callebaut AG's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Barry Callebaut AG's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Barry Callebaut AG's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

Barry Callebaut AG Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Barry Callebaut AG's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 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
	=	(660.97	+	1136.042)	/	2896.053
	=	0.62

Barry Callebaut AG's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Feb. 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
	=	(1033.311	+	2032.036)	/	2898.365
	=	1.06

Barry Callebaut AG (XSWX:BARN) 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

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Barry Callebaut AG (XSWX:BARN) Business Description

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Address

Hardturmstrasse 181, Zurich, CHE, 8005

Website

https://www.barry-callebaut.com

Barry Callebaut is a significant manufacturer and supplier of cocoa and chocolate ingredients, employing over 13,000 people. Customers include food and beverage makers as well as craftspeople, chocolatiers, pastry chefs, and bakers who utilize chocolate professionally. Barry Callebaut is vertically integrated from raw material (cocoa bean) procurement through chocolate manufacture, while not owning any cocoa farms. The firm produces around 40% of the world's industrial chocolate (open market), and its products are used in approximately 20% of the world's chocolate and cocoa goods. Barry Callebaut's sustainability endeavors are reflected in the fact that the company's Sustainalytics ESG Risk Rating is one of the lowest in its subcategory and first among its peers.

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