Debt-to-equity ratio
The debt-to-equity ratio compares how much of a company is financed with borrowed money versus shareholders’ equity — a core measure of financial leverage.
The debt-to-equity (D/E) ratio divides total debt by shareholders’ equity. A D/E of 1.0 means a company is financed with equal parts debt and equity; a D/E of 0.2 means it relies mostly on equity. It is the standard gauge of how much financial leverage — and therefore financial risk — a company carries.
Some debt is healthy and cheap, especially for stable, cash-generative businesses, and "good" levels vary widely by industry: utilities and banks run high leverage by design, while software companies often carry almost none. A very high D/E magnifies both gains and losses and leaves less cushion in a downturn.
stocks-llm shows debt-to-equity as delayed data from Finnhub with its as-of date, and reads it alongside profitability measures like ROE, which heavy debt can artificially inflate.
Lowest debt-to-equity companies in the catalog
Lower means less financial leverage.
| Company | Debt / equity | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies (PLTR) | 0.00 |
| 2 | Arista Networks (ANET) | 0.00 |
| 3 | Sandisk (SNDK) | 0.00 |
| 4 | Shopify (SHOP) | 0.00 |
| 5 | Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) | 0.00 |
Live from the catalog, as of 2026-07-21 — delayed data from SEC EDGAR + Finnhub.
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