Bread Financial Holdings (Bread Financial Holdings) Debt-to-Equity

: 1.86 (As of Dec. 2023)

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Bread Financial Holdings's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0 Mil. Bread Financial Holdings's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $5,440 Mil. Bread Financial Holdings's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,918 Mil. Bread Financial Holdings's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.86.

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 Bread Financial Holdings's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

BFH' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.01 Med: 4.81 Max: 8.02
Current: 1.86

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Bread Financial Holdings was 8.02. The lowest was 0.01. And the median was 4.81.

BFH's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
61.95% of 431 companies
in the Credit Services industry
Industry Median: 1.18 vs BFH: 1.86

Bread Financial Holdings Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Bread Financial Holdings'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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Bread Financial Holdings Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Debt-to-Equity

0.01

5.70

3.63

3.59

1.86

Bread Financial Holdings Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Debt-to-Equity																3.59	1.80	1.72	1.48	1.86

Competitive Comparison

For the Credit Services subindustry, Bread Financial Holdings'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.

Bread Financial Holdings Debt-to-Equity Distribution

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

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

Bread Financial Holdings Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Bread Financial Holdings'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
	=	(0	+	5440)	/	2918
	=	1.86

Bread Financial Holdings's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter 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
	=	(0	+	5440)	/	2918
	=	1.86

Bread Financial Holdings (NYSE:BFH) 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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Bread Financial Holdings (Bread Financial Holdings) Business Description

Industry

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Address

3075 Loyalty Circle, Columbus, OH, USA, 43219

Website

https://www.breadfinancial.com

Formed by a combination of JCPenney's credit card processing unit and The Limited's credit card bank business, Bread Financial is a provider of private label and co-branded credit cards, loyalty programs, and marketing services. The company's most financially significant unit is its credit card business that partners with retailers to jointly market Bread's credit cards to their customers. The company also retains minority interest in its recently spun-off LoyaltyOne division, which operates the largest airline miles loyalty program in Canada and offers marketing services to grocery chains in Europe and Asia.

Executives

Turtle Creek Asset Management Inc.	10 percent owner	SCOTIA PLAZA, 40 KING STREET WEST, SUITE 5100, TORONTO A6 M5H 3Y2
Roger H Ballou	director	C/O CDI CORP, 1717 ARCH ST 35TH FL, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Clair Joyce St	director	50 S LA SALLE ST, CHICAGO IL 60603
Valerie E Greer	officer: EVP, Chief Comm'l Off'r, Card	7500 DALLAS PARKWAY, SUITE 700, PLANO TX 75024
Perry S Beberman	officer: EVP, Chief Financial Officer	7500 DALLAS PARKWAY, SUITE 700, PLANO TX 75024
Ralph J Andretta	director, officer: President and CEO	7500 DALLAS PARKWAY, SUITE 700, PLANO TX 75024
Timothy J Theriault	director	50 LA SALLE STREET, CHICAGO IL 60675
John C Gerspach	director	C/O CORPORATE LAW DEP'T, CITIGOUP INC., 388 GREENWICH STREET, 17TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10013
Jonathan Bryan Campbell	officer: SVP, Chief Acctg. Officer	7500 DALLAS PARKWAY, SUITE 700, PLANO TX 75024
Laurie Anne Tucker	director	65 MARYS CREEK COVE NORTH, EADS TN 38028
Rajesh Natarajan	director	7500 DALLAS PARKWAY, SUITE 700, PLANO TX 75024
Sharen J Turney	director	THREE LIMITED PARKWAY, COLUMBUS OH 43230
Karin Kimbrough	director	C/O FANNIE MAE, 1100 15TH STREET NW, WASHINGTON DC 20005
Charles L Horn	officer: EVP & Senior Advisor	BUILDERS FIRSTSOURCE INC., 2001 BRYAN STREET, SUITE 1600, DALLAS TX 75201
Laura Santillan	officer: SVP, Chief Acctg. Officer	17655 WATERVIEW PARKWAY, DALLAS TX 75252