Basf SE (XTER:BAS) Debt-to-Equity

: 0.61 (As of Dec. 2023)

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Basf SE's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €2,947 Mil. Basf SE's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €18,400 Mil. Basf SE's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €35,277 Mil. Basf SE's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.61.

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

XTER:BAS' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.47 Med: 0.54 Max: 0.63
Current: 0.61

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Basf SE was 0.63. The lowest was 0.47. And the median was 0.54.

XTER:BAS's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
69.68% of 1392 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 0.35 vs XTER:BAS: 0.61

Basf SE Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Basf SE'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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Basf SE Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

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Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Debt-to-Equity

0.49

0.63

0.47

0.53

0.61

Basf SE 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																0.53	0.51	0.60	0.55	0.61

Competitive Comparison

For the Chemicals subindustry, Basf SE'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.

Basf SE Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Basf SE's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Basf SE Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Basf SE'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
	=	(2947	+	18400)	/	35277
	=	0.61

Basf SE'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
	=	(2947	+	18400)	/	35277
	=	0.61

Basf SE (XTER:BAS) 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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Basf SE (XTER:BAS) Business Description

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Traded in Other Exchanges

BFFAF:USA BASFY:USA BAS N:Mexico BASF:Italy BASF:Hungary BASd:UK 0BFA:UK BAS:Austria

Address

Carl-Bosch-Strasse 38, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, DEU, 67056

Website

https://www.basf.com

Founded in 1865 and based in Germany, BASF is the world's largest chemical company, with products spanning the full spectrum of commodities to specialties. In addition, the company is a strong player in agricultural crop protection chemicals and emissions control catalysts for cars and trucks. Given its sheer size, BASF has a top-three market position in approximately 70% of its businesses.

Executives

Dr. Stephan Kothrade	Board of Directors
Dr. Melanie Maas-brunner	Board of Directors
Dr. Dirk Elvermann	Board of Directors
Dr. Kurt Bock	Supervisory Board
Prof. Dr. Stefan Asenkerschbaumer	Supervisory Board
Dame Alison Carnwath	Supervisory Board
Prof. Dr. Thomas Carell	Supervisory Board
Alessandra Genco	Supervisory Board
Liming Chen	Supervisory Board
Dr. Markus Kamieth	Board of Directors
Saori Dubourg	Board of Directors
Sinischa Horvat	Supervisory Board
Tatjana Diether	Supervisory Board
Waldemar Helber	Supervisory Board
Michael Heinz	Board of Directors

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