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Zendesk (Zendesk) Debt-to-Equity : 3.90 (As of Sep. 2022)


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What is Zendesk Debt-to-Equity?

Zendesk's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was $169 Mil. Zendesk's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was $1,184 Mil. Zendesk's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was $347 Mil. Zendesk's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was 3.90.

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

ZEN' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.52   Med: 1.34   Max: 4.17
Current: 3.9

During the past 10 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Zendesk was 4.17. The lowest was -0.52. And the median was 1.34.

ZEN's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 0.21 vs ZEN: 3.90

Zendesk Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Zendesk'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.

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Zendesk Debt-to-Equity Chart

Zendesk Annual Data
Trend Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 1.10 1.29 2.73 2.46

Zendesk Quarterly Data
Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22
Debt-to-Equity Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.55 2.46 4.17 4.16 3.90

Competitive Comparison of Zendesk's Debt-to-Equity

For the Software - Application subindustry, Zendesk'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.


Zendesk's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



Zendesk Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Zendesk's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 is calculated as

Zendesk's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 is calculated as

* 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.


Zendesk  (NYSE:ZEN) 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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Zendesk (Zendesk) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
989 Market Street, San Francisco, CA, USA, 94103
Founded in 2007, Zendesk provides a portfolio of customer engagement software solutions via single applications or the Sunshine suite. Its software unifies customer communication and data across various channels and business units, and simplifies customer service and engagement across self service, phone, chat, messaging, and email.
Executives
Norman Gennaro officer: SVP, Worldwide Sales 1019 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Jeffrey J Titterton officer: SVP, Marketing PLANETOUT INC., P.O. BOX 500, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104
Adrian Mcdermott officer: SVP of Product Development C/O ZENDESK, INC., 989 MARKET STREET, SUITE 300, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Mikkel Svane director, officer: Chairman and CEO C/O ZENDESK, INC., 989 MARKET STREET, SUITE 300, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Pat Copeland officer: Chief Engineering Officer ZENDESK, INC., 989 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Ronald J Pasek director 101 INNOVATION DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95134
John Geschke officer: SVP, GC and Secretary C/O ZULILY, INC., 2601 ELLIOTT AVENUE, SUITE 200, SEATTLE WA 98101
Andrea Nieto officer: Chief People Officer ZENDESK, INC., 989 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Soren Abildgaard officer: EVP of Engineering ZENDESK, INC., 989 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Archana Agrawal director C/O MONGODB, INC., 1633 BROADWAY, 38TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
L Michelle Wilson director PO BOX 81226, SEATTLE WA 98108-1226
Shelagh Glaser officer: Chief Financial Officer ZENDESK, INC., 989 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Inamarie Johnson officer: Chief People Officer 1019 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Alex Constantinople officer: Chief Marketing Officer 133 7TH AVE, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94118
Marc Cabi officer: Deputy Chief Financial Officer ZENDESK, INC., 989 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103