Wolters Kluwer NV (XAMS:WKL) Debt-to-Equity

: 2.14 (As of Dec. 2023)

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Wolters Kluwer NV's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €659 Mil. Wolters Kluwer NV's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €3,080 Mil. Wolters Kluwer NV's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €1,749 Mil. Wolters Kluwer NV's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.14.

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 Wolters Kluwer NV's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

XAMS:WKL' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.05 Med: 1.33 Max: 2.14
Current: 2.14

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Wolters Kluwer NV was 2.14. The lowest was 1.05. And the median was 1.33.

XAMS:WKL's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
87.53% of 930 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 0.4 vs XAMS:WKL: 2.14

Wolters Kluwer NV Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Wolters Kluwer NV'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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Wolters Kluwer NV Annual Data

Trend

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Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Debt-to-Equity

1.31

1.49

1.30

1.56

2.14

Wolters Kluwer NV Semi-Annual Data
	Jun14	Dec14	Jun15	Dec15	Jun16	Dec16	Jun17	Dec17	Jun18	Dec18	Jun19	Dec19	Jun20	Dec20	Jun21	Dec21	Jun22	Dec22	Jun23	Dec23
Debt-to-Equity																1.30	1.25	1.56	1.79	2.14

Competitive Comparison

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Wolters Kluwer NV'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.

Wolters Kluwer NV Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Wolters Kluwer NV's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Wolters Kluwer NV Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Wolters Kluwer NV'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
	=	(659	+	3080)	/	1749
	=	2.14

Wolters Kluwer NV'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
	=	(659	+	3080)	/	1749
	=	2.14

Wolters Kluwer NV (XAMS:WKL) 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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Wolters Kluwer NV (XAMS:WKL) Business Description

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Address

Zuidpoolsingel 2, P.O. Box 1030, Alphen aan den Rijn, ZH, NLD, 2400

Website

https://www.wolterskluwer.com

Wolters Kluwer is a Europe-listed global information services company. It operates across four distinct business segments serving a wide array of clients: health (26% of 2020 sales), tax and accounting (31%), legal and regulatory (23%), and governance, risk, and compliance (20%). Within these divisions, Wolters aims to be the industry leader in a variety of niche, higher-value services.

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