Henkel AG KGaA (XTER:HEN3) Debt-to-Equity

: 0.15 (As of Dec. 2023)

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Henkel AG KGaA's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €528 Mil. Henkel AG KGaA's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €2,364 Mil. Henkel AG KGaA's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €19,922 Mil. Henkel AG KGaA's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.15.

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 Henkel AG KGaA's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

XTER:HEN3' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.07 Med: 0.19 Max: 0.28
Current: 0.15

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Henkel AG KGaA was 0.28. The lowest was 0.07. And the median was 0.19.

XTER:HEN3's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
73.44% of 1638 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 0.41 vs XTER:HEN3: 0.15

Henkel AG KGaA Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Henkel AG KGaA's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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Henkel AG KGaA Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Debt-to-Equity

0.24

0.21

0.18

0.15

Henkel AG KGaA 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																0.18	0.14	0.18	0.15	0.15

Competitive Comparison

For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, Henkel AG KGaA'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.

Henkel AG KGaA Debt-to-Equity Distribution

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Henkel AG KGaA's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Henkel AG KGaA Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Henkel AG KGaA'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
	=	(528	+	2364)	/	19922
	=	0.15

Henkel AG KGaA'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
	=	(528	+	2364)	/	19922
	=	0.15

Henkel AG KGaA (XTER:HEN3) 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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Henkel AG KGaA (XTER:HEN3) Business Description

Industry

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Comparable Companies

Traded in Other Exchanges

HENOY:USA HENOF:USA HENKY:USA 1HEN:Italy HEN3:Italy HEN3d:UK 0IZC:UK 0IZ8:UK HEN:Austria

Address

Henkelstrasse 67, Duesseldorf, NW, DEU, 40589

Website

https://www.henkel.com

Two distinct customer groups constitute Henkel. The consumer segment (around 50% of consolidated 2022 sales) is laundry and home care, including the Persil and Purex laundry detergent brands, and beauty care, including the Schwarzkopf brand in hair care and the Dial brand in hand soap. The adhesives technologies segment makes up the remaining 50% of sales. Sales from Europe accounted for 42% of the firm's consolidated total in 2022, while Asia-Pacific and North America accounted for 17% and 27%, respectively.

Executives

Wolfgang König	Board of Directors
Mark Dorn	Board of Directors

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