Steelcase (Steelcase) Debt-to-Equity

: 0.71 (As of Feb. 2024)

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Steelcase's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $45 Mil. Steelcase's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $585 Mil. Steelcase's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $887 Mil. Steelcase's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 0.71.

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

SCS' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.36 Med: 0.64 Max: 0.84
Current: 0.71

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Steelcase was 0.84. The lowest was 0.36. And the median was 0.64.

SCS's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
77.46% of 2618 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 0.29 vs SCS: 0.71

Steelcase Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Steelcase'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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Steelcase Annual Data

Trend

Feb15

Feb16

Feb17

Feb18

Feb19

Feb20

Feb21

Feb22

Feb23

Feb24

Debt-to-Equity

0.76

0.83

0.84

0.71

Steelcase Quarterly Data
	May19	Aug19	Nov19	Feb20	May20	Aug20	Nov20	Feb21	May21	Aug21	Nov21	Feb22	May22	Aug22	Nov22	Feb23	May23	Aug23	Nov23	Feb24
Debt-to-Equity																0.84	0.79	0.76	0.72	0.71

Competitive Comparison

For the Business Equipment & Supplies subindustry, Steelcase'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.

Steelcase Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Steelcase's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Steelcase Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Steelcase's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 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
	=	(45.1	+	584.9)	/	887.1
	=	0.71

Steelcase's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Feb. 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
	=	(45.1	+	584.9)	/	887.1
	=	0.71

Steelcase (NYSE:SCS) 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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Steelcase (Steelcase) Business Description

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Address

901 44th Street SE, Grand Rapids, MI, USA, 49508

Website

https://www.steelcase.com

Steelcase Inc is a furniture company primarily based in the United States and has operations in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Steelcase markets its products primarily through a network of independent and company-owned dealers. The company operates through the Americas segment, the EMEA segment and the Other category. The Americas segment offers architecture, furniture and technology products is marketed to corporate, government, healthcare, education and retail customers, EMEA segment provides furniture systems, storage and seating solutions. Majority of revenue is generated from Americas segment.

Executives

Nicole Cherie Mcgrath	officer: VP, Corp Controller and CAO	901 44TH STREET SE, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49508
Robert G Krestakos	officer: VP, Global Operations	901 44TH STREET SE, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49508
David C Sylvester	officer: Senior Vice President, CFO	901 44TH STREET SE, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49508
Lizbeth S O'shaughnessy	officer: Senior VP, CLO and Secretary	901 44TH STREET SE, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49508
Wege Peter M Ii	director	901 44TH ST SE, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49508
Sanjay Gupta	director	2775 SANDERS ROAD, NORTHBROOK IL 60062
Sara E Armbruster	officer: VP, WS Futures & Corp Strategy	901 44TH STREET SE, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49508
Jennifer C Niemann	director	901 44TH STREET SE, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49508
Steven Douglas Miller	officer: VP, Chief Technology Officer	901 44TH STREET SE, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49508
Guillaume M Alvarez	officer: Senior VP, EMEA	901 44TH STREET SE, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49508
Kate P Wolters	director	901 44TH ST, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49508
Robin L Zondervan	officer: Corporate Controller and CAO	901 44TH STREET SE, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49508
Eddy F Schmitt	officer: Senior VP, Americas	901 44TH STREET SE, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49508
Linda K Williams	director	901 44TH STREET SE, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49508
Donna K Flynn	officer: VP, Global Talent Management	901 44TH STREET SE, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49508