Since the Great Recession, the ratio between net debt and earnings has been increasing among the 1,000 largest U.S. companies, with the 25 largest nonfinancial companies increasing their ratio by 0.5 percent points between 2010 and 2017. This compares to a decline of -0.3 percentage points in the period between 2002 and 2007.
Change in the net debt to earnings to ratio of nonfinancial companies in the United States between 1992 and 2017, by company size
(in percentage points)
Company size by market value
1992-2000
2002-2007
2010-2017
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Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) used to calculate values.
Companies have been categorized in terms of market value as of January 2019.
Values relate to financial years, not calendar years, in line with company reporting.
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Deloitte. (April 15, 2019). Change in the net debt to earnings to ratio of nonfinancial companies in the United States between 1992 and 2017, by company size (in percentage points) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1075660/debt-accumulation-earnings-ratio-change-us-nonfinancial-companies-size/
Deloitte. "Change in the net debt to earnings to ratio of nonfinancial companies in the United States between 1992 and 2017, by company size (in percentage points)." Chart. April 15, 2019. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1075660/debt-accumulation-earnings-ratio-change-us-nonfinancial-companies-size/
Deloitte. (2019). Change in the net debt to earnings to ratio of nonfinancial companies in the United States between 1992 and 2017, by company size (in percentage points). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1075660/debt-accumulation-earnings-ratio-change-us-nonfinancial-companies-size/
Deloitte. "Change in The Net Debt to Earnings to Ratio of Nonfinancial Companies in The United States between 1992 and 2017, by Company Size (in Percentage Points)." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Apr 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1075660/debt-accumulation-earnings-ratio-change-us-nonfinancial-companies-size/
Deloitte, Change in the net debt to earnings to ratio of nonfinancial companies in the United States between 1992 and 2017, by company size (in percentage points) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1075660/debt-accumulation-earnings-ratio-change-us-nonfinancial-companies-size/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Change in the net debt to earnings to ratio of nonfinancial companies in the United States between 1992 and 2017, by company size (in percentage points) [Graph], Deloitte, April 15, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1075660/debt-accumulation-earnings-ratio-change-us-nonfinancial-companies-size/