Debt to Equity Ratio Chart

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Historical Debt to Equity Ratio Data

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Date Value
May 31, 2026 0.2457
February 28, 2026 0.2598
November 30, 2025 0.2697
August 31, 2025 0.3407
May 31, 2025 0.3081
February 28, 2025 0.3181
November 30, 2024 0.3325
August 31, 2024 0.4212
May 31, 2024 0.427
February 29, 2024 0.4544
November 30, 2023 0.3575
August 31, 2023 0.4205
April 30, 2023 0.382
February 28, 2023 0.4009
November 30, 2022 0.4213
August 31, 2022 0.5283
April 30, 2022 0.4525
February 28, 2022 0.4762
November 30, 2021 0.5479
August 31, 2021 0.6495
April 30, 2021 0.6206
February 28, 2021 0.656
November 30, 2020 0.6863
August 31, 2020 0.6063
May 31, 2020 0.7446
Date Value
February 29, 2020 0.5282
November 30, 2019 0.619
August 31, 2019 0.4752
May 31, 2019 0.4486
February 28, 2019 0.4685
November 30, 2018 0.4921
August 31, 2018 0.5449
May 31, 2018 0.5346
February 28, 2018 0.5534
November 30, 2017 0.5848
August 31, 2017 0.6531
April 30, 2017 0.402
February 28, 2017 0.4077
November 30, 2016 0.4253
August 31, 2016 0.4582
April 30, 2016 0.4445
February 29, 2016 0.4523
November 30, 2015 0.5647
August 31, 2015 0.6069
May 31, 2015 0.5692
February 28, 2015 0.4928
November 30, 2014 0.4073
August 31, 2014 0.4297
May 31, 2014 0.4218
February 28, 2014 0.4329

Debt to Equity Ratio Definition

The debt to equity ratio measures the (Long Term Debt + Current Portion of Long Term Debt) / Total Shareholders' Equity. This metric is useful when analyzing the health of a company's balance sheet.

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Debt to Equity Ratio Range, Past 5 Years

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Debt to Equity Ratio Benchmarks

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Target Corp. 1.047
Walmart, Inc. 0.7508
Dollar Tree, Inc. 2.165
Dollar General Corp. 1.786
PriceSmart, Inc. 0.2337