ARKAY (Arkema) Debt-to-Equity : 0.61 (As of Sep. 2024)

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What is Arkema Debt-to-Equity?

Arkema's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $961 Mil. Arkema's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $3,929 Mil. Arkema's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $7,997 Mil. Arkema's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.61.

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

ARKAY' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.37 Med: 0.52 Max: 0.7
Current: 0.61

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Arkema was 0.70. The lowest was 0.37. And the median was 0.52.

ARKAY's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
67.02% of 1398 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 0.36 vs ARKAY: 0.61

Arkema Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

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

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Arkema Debt-to-Equity Chart

Arkema Annual Data

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Dec16

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Dec20

Dec21

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Dec23

Debt-to-Equity

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0.58

0.54

0.44

0.45

0.59

Arkema Quarterly Data
	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24	Jun24	Sep24
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.49	0.59	0.55	0.56	0.61

Competitive Comparison of Arkema's Debt-to-Equity

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Arkema'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.

Arkema's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Arkema's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Arkema Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Arkema's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 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
	=	(589.967	+	4071.974)	/	7854.962
	=	0.59

Arkema's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 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
	=	(961.154	+	3928.968)	/	7996.67
	=	0.61

Arkema (OTCPK:ARKAY) 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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Arkema Business Description

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Address

420 rue d’Estienne d’Orves, Colombes, FRA, 92700

Website

https://www.arkema.com

Arkema is a French chemical company formerly known for its large presence in the global acrylics market. However, the company has now developed a strong portfolio of speciality materials. Arkema is organized into four segments. Adhesive solutions, advanced materials, and coatings solutions contain the more specialized material businesses. The intermediates segment houses the remaining commodity chemical businesses. Geographically, sales are split fairly equally among Europe, the US, and Asia.