BGOUF (Bang & Olufsen AS) Debt-to-Equity : 0.28 (As of Feb. 2025)

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What is Bang & Olufsen AS Debt-to-Equity?

Bang & Olufsen AS's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 was $26.8 Mil. Bang & Olufsen AS's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 was $19.4 Mil. Bang & Olufsen AS's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 was $163.8 Mil. Bang & Olufsen AS's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 was 0.28.

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 Bang & Olufsen AS's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

BGOUF' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.05 Med: 0.21 Max: 0.63
Current: 0.28

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Bang & Olufsen AS was 0.63. The lowest was 0.05. And the median was 0.21.

BGOUF's Debt-to-Equity is ranked better than
50.69% of 2174 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 0.28 vs BGOUF: 0.28

Bang & Olufsen AS Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Bang & Olufsen AS's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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Bang & Olufsen AS Debt-to-Equity Chart

Bang & Olufsen AS Annual Data

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May24

Debt-to-Equity

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0.30

0.20

0.43

0.62

0.63

Bang & Olufsen AS Quarterly Data
	May20	Aug20	Nov20	Feb21	May21	Aug21	Nov21	Feb22	May22	Aug22	Nov22	Feb23	May23	Aug23	Nov23	Feb24	May24	Aug24	Nov24	Feb25
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.57	0.63	0.62	0.55	0.28

Competitive Comparison of Bang & Olufsen AS's Debt-to-Equity

For the Consumer Electronics subindustry, Bang & Olufsen AS'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.

Bang & Olufsen AS's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Bang & Olufsen AS's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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Bang & Olufsen AS Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Bang & Olufsen AS's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in May. 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
	=	(62.168	+	24.635)	/	138.537
	=	0.63

Bang & Olufsen AS's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 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
	=	(26.803	+	19.404)	/	163.751
	=	0.28

Bang & Olufsen AS (OTCPK:BGOUF) 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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Bang & Olufsen AS Business Description

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Address

Bang og Olufsen Alle 1, Struer, DNK, DK-7600

Website

http://www.bang-olufsen.com

Bang & Olufsen AS designs, develops, and markets audio and video products including music systems, loudspeakers, television sets, and multimedia products. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from EMEA, Followed by Americas, and APAC. It generates maximum revenue from the Staged product category followed by On-the-go; Flexible Living Brand Partnering and other activities.