Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Bread Financial Holdings' quarterly Debt Ratio came in at 0.17 in Q1 2026, down 24.02% year-on-year from 0.23 in Q1 2025, and down 8.55% quarter-over-quarter from 0.19 in Q4 2025.

Bread Financial Holdings (BFH) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Bread Financial Holdings has reported Debt Ratio for 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.17 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Debt Ratio fell 24.02% year-over-year to 0.17; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.17 (down 24.02% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 0.19, down 21.7% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.17, down from 0.19 in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Debt Ratio was 0.34 in Q2 2022, with the low at 0.17 in Q1 2026.
  • Average Debt Ratio over 5 years is 0.23, with a median of 0.22 recorded in 2023.
  • Year-over-year, Debt Ratio tumbled 36.24% in 2023 and increased 9.67% in 2025.
  • Tracing BFH's Debt Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.32 in 2022, then slipped by 27.44% to 0.23 in 2023, then increased by 6.15% to 0.24 in 2024, then declined by 21.7% to 0.19 in 2025, then dropped by 8.55% to 0.17 in 2026.
  • The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.17 (Q1 2026), 0.19 (Q4 2025), and 0.17 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Visa 539.53 Bn 527.13 Bn - 0.25
2 Mastercard 441.81 Bn 431.60 Bn - 0.36
3 American Express 215.01 Bn 160.96 Bn 17.43 Bn 0.01
4 Capital One Financial 114.99 Bn 38.50 Bn - 0.06
5 PayPal Holdings 41.29 Bn 31.95 Bn 7.84 Bn 0.12
6 Affirm Holdings 24.62 Bn 22.89 Bn 261.64 Mn 0.18
7 Synchrony Financial 24.22 Bn 3.66 Bn - 0.06
8 SoFi Technologies 23.71 Bn 20.31 Bn 929.25 Mn -
9 Ally Financial 13.13 Bn 12.69 Bn 1.98 Bn 0.02
10 Bread Financial Holdings 3.83 Bn 191.67 Mn 983.00 Mn 0.17

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.17
Dec 31, 2025 0.19
Sep 30, 2025 0.17
Jun 30, 2025 0.19
Mar 31, 2025 0.23
Dec 31, 2024 0.24
Sep 30, 2024 0.21
Jun 30, 2024 0.21
Mar 31, 2024 0.21
Dec 31, 2023 0.23
Sep 30, 2023 0.20
Jun 30, 2023 0.22
Mar 31, 2023 0.22
Dec 31, 2022 0.32
Sep 30, 2022 0.27
Jun 30, 2022 0.34
Mar 31, 2022 0.32
Dec 31, 2021 0.34
Dec 31, 2020 0.38
Dec 31, 2019 0.11