Standard Chartered (LSE:37ZM) Debt-to-Equity : 1.43 (As of Mar. 2024)

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What is Standard Chartered Debt-to-Equity?

Standard Chartered's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $0 Mil. Standard Chartered's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $71,857 Mil. Standard Chartered's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $50,434 Mil. Standard Chartered's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.42.

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

LSE:37ZM' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.33 Med: 1.65 Max: 2.15
Current: 1.43

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Standard Chartered was 2.15. The lowest was 1.33. And the median was 1.65.

LSE:37ZM's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
81.48% of 1393 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 0.68 vs LSE:37ZM: 1.43

Standard Chartered Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Standard Chartered'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.
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Standard Chartered Debt-to-Equity Chart

Standard Chartered Annual Data

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Dec16

Dec17

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Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

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Dec23

Debt-to-Equity

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1.71

1.72

1.76

1.85

1.86

Standard Chartered Quarterly Data
	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															1.56	1.90	1.68	1.86	1.43

Competitive Comparison of Standard Chartered's Debt-to-Equity

For the Banks - Diversified subindustry, Standard Chartered'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.

Standard Chartered's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Standard Chartered's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Standard Chartered Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Standard Chartered'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	+	93025)	/	49957
	=	1.86

Standard Chartered's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 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
	=	(0	+	71857)	/	50434
	=	1.42

Standard Chartered (LSE:37ZM) 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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Standard Chartered (LSE:37ZM) Business Description

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Standard Chartered Bank was established in 1853 by Royal Charter in the United Kingdom, with the holding company Standard Chartered PLC incorporated in 1969. The bank is domiciled in the U.K. and provides banking services across 60 countries, primarily in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and the United Kingdom. The bulk of the business is in corporate and transaction banking, financial markets, and corporate finance. The bank has strong retail franchises focusing on the affluent segment in Hong Kong, Singapore, and certain countries in Africa. The bank has also launched a ventures division to focus on financial technology, including digital banks in Hong Kong and Singapore, online payment, and digital assets.

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