Balfour Beatty (LSE:BBYB.PFD) Debt-to-Equity : 0.82 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Balfour Beatty Debt-to-Equity?

Balfour Beatty's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £163.00 Mil. Balfour Beatty's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £816.00 Mil. Balfour Beatty's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £1,198.00 Mil. Balfour Beatty's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.82.

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

LSE:BBYB.PFD' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.45 Med: 0.66 Max: 1.1
Current: 0.82

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Balfour Beatty was 1.10. The lowest was 0.45. And the median was 0.66.

LSE:BBYB.PFD's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than
69.83% of 1515 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 0.44 vs LSE:BBYB.PFD: 0.82

Balfour Beatty Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Balfour Beatty's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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Balfour Beatty Debt-to-Equity Chart

Balfour Beatty Annual Data

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0.50

0.49

0.45

0.54

0.82

Balfour Beatty Semi-Annual Data
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Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.45	0.52	0.54	0.50	0.82

Competitive Comparison of Balfour Beatty's Debt-to-Equity

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Balfour Beatty'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.

Balfour Beatty's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Balfour Beatty's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Balfour Beatty Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Balfour Beatty'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
	=	(163	+	816)	/	1198
	=	0.82

Balfour Beatty'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
	=	(163	+	816)	/	1198
	=	0.82

Balfour Beatty (LSE:BBYB.PFD) 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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Balfour Beatty (LSE:BBYB.PFD) Business Description

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Address

5 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London, GBR, E14 5HU

Website

https://www.balfourbeatty.com

Balfour Beatty PLC finances, builds, and maintains infrastructure projects. It develops projects in energy, water, communications, transportation, and other industrial markets. In addition, the company manages construction businesses and provides maintenance and management services in power transmission, utilities infrastructure, road, and rail. Some projects are granted through concessions by government authorities. Balfour Beatty operates three business segments: Construction services (majority of total revenue), Support services, and Infrastructure investments. It will invest directly in infrastructure assets when there are opportunities to manage the projects upon completion and create recurring revenue. The majority of sales are derived from the United Kingdom and the United States.

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