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Comerica (BSP:C1MA34) Debt-to-Equity : 0.92 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Comerica Debt-to-Equity?

Comerica's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was R$0 Mil. Comerica's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was R$37,580 Mil. Comerica's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was R$40,791 Mil. Comerica's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.92.

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

BSP:C1MA34' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.35   Med: 0.71   Max: 3.02
Current: 0.92

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Comerica was 3.02. The lowest was 0.35. And the median was 0.71.

BSP:C1MA34's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
62.66% of 1449 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 0.64 vs BSP:C1MA34: 0.92

Comerica Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Comerica'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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Comerica Debt-to-Equity Chart

Comerica Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.00 0.71 0.35 1.20 1.53

Comerica 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 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 2.18 1.53 1.18 1.36 0.92

Competitive Comparison of Comerica's Debt-to-Equity

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Comerica'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.


Comerica's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Comerica's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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



Comerica Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Comerica's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Comerica's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 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.


Comerica  (BSP:C1MA34) 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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Comerica Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1717 Main Street, Comerica Bank Tower, MC 6404, Dallas, TX, USA, 75201
With assets of around $80 billion, Comerica is primarily a relationship-based commercial bank headquartered in Dallas. In addition to Texas, Comerica's other primary geographies are California and Michigan, with locations also in Arizona and Florida and select businesses operating in several other states as well as Canada and Mexico.

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