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Pitney Bowes (FRA:PBW) Debt-to-Equity : -4.35 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Pitney Bowes Debt-to-Equity?

Pitney Bowes's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €77 Mil. Pitney Bowes's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €1,955 Mil. Pitney Bowes's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €-468 Mil. Pitney Bowes's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was -4.35.

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

FRA:PBW' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -302.35   Med: 26.29   Max: 138.46
Current: -4.35

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Pitney Bowes was 138.46. The lowest was -302.35. And the median was 26.29.

FRA:PBW's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked
in the Transportation industry.
Industry Median: 0.54 vs FRA:PBW: -4.35

Pitney Bowes Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Pitney Bowes'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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Pitney Bowes Debt-to-Equity Chart

Pitney Bowes 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 10.32 39.42 22.70 41.61 -6.74

Pitney Bowes 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 -19.95 -6.74 -6.29 -5.72 -4.35

Competitive Comparison of Pitney Bowes's Debt-to-Equity

For the Integrated Freight & Logistics subindustry, Pitney Bowes'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.

Pitney Bowes's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Pitney Bowes's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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


Pitney Bowes Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Pitney Bowes'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
=(109.123 + 2168.78) / -337.984
=-6.74

Pitney Bowes'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
=(77.201 + 1955.269) / -467.51
=-4.35

* 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.

Pitney Bowes  (FRA:PBW) 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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3001 Summer Street, Stamford, CT, USA, 06926
Website
https://www.pitneybowes.com
Pitney Bowes Inc is a technology company that offers e-commerce solutions to its clients. The company provides various products and services such as domestic delivery, return and fulfillment, cross-border shipping solutions, sorting services for large volumes of postal mails, technological solutions to enable digital mailing, shipping, and other services. The company operates through three business segments: Global e-commerce, presort services, and SendTech Solutions. The company generates majority of its revenue from United States.