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Microsoft (BUE:MSFT) Debt-to-Equity : 0.21 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Microsoft Debt-to-Equity?

Microsoft's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was ARS2,137,674 Mil. Microsoft's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was ARS56,297,162 Mil. Microsoft's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was ARS273,480,699 Mil. Microsoft's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.21.

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

BUE:MSFT' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.21   Med: 0.56   Max: 1.24
Current: 0.21

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Microsoft was 1.24. The lowest was 0.21. And the median was 0.56.

BUE:MSFT's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
51.04% of 2210 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 0.22 vs BUE:MSFT: 0.21

Microsoft Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

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

Microsoft Annual Data
Trend Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23 Jun24
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.60 0.48 0.37 0.29 0.25

Microsoft 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 0.39 0.37 0.32 0.25 0.21

Competitive Comparison of Microsoft's Debt-to-Equity

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Microsoft'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.


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

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

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



Microsoft Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Microsoft's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 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
=(8007560.885 + 52104666.755) / 240421150.062
=0.25

Microsoft'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
=(2137674.406 + 56297162.026) / 273480699.481
=0.21

* 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.


Microsoft  (BUE:MSFT) 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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Microsoft Business Description

Address
One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA, USA, 98052-6399
Microsoft develops and licenses consumer and enterprise software. It is known for its Windows operating systems and Office productivity suite. The company is organized into three equally sized broad segments: productivity and business processes (legacy Microsoft Office, cloud-based Office 365, Exchange, SharePoint, Skype, LinkedIn, Dynamics), intelligence cloud (infrastructure- and platform-as-a-service offerings Azure, Windows Server OS, SQL Server), and more personal computing (Windows Client, Xbox, Bing search, display advertising, and Surface laptops, tablets, and desktops).