Karooooo (KARO) Debt Ratio (2020 - 2026)

Karooooo (KARO) reported Debt Ratio of 0.07 for Q1 2026, down 38.28% on a YoY basis from 0.11 in Q1 2025, and up 38.11% quarter-over-quarter from 0.05 in Q4 2025.

Karooooo (KARO) Debt Ratio (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Karooooo has reported Debt Ratio for 7 years, with the latest figure at 0.07 in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Debt Ratio fell 38.28% year-over-year to 0.07; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 stood at 0.07 (down 38.28% YoY), and the FY2026 full-year result was 0.07, down 38.28% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio for Q1 2026 stood at 0.07, up from 0.05 in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Debt Ratio was 0.11 in Q1 2025, with the low at 0.01 in Q2 2024.
  • Historically, Debt Ratio has averaged 0.04 across 5 years, with a median of 0.02 in 2022.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Debt Ratio plunged 70.32% — and 2025, when it jumped 897.29%.
  • Karooooo's Debt Ratio stood at 0.01 in 2022, then slipped by 9.11% to 0.01 in 2023, then jumped by 461.33% to 0.06 in 2024, then dropped by 15.84% to 0.05 in 2025, then jumped by 38.11% to 0.07 in 2026.
  • The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.07 (Q1 2026), 0.05 (Q4 2025), and 0.05 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 257.53 Bn 239.56 Bn 8.16 Bn 0.08
2 Full Truck Alliance 171.61 Bn 169.06 Bn - 0.00
3 Salesforce 152.15 Bn 140.31 Bn 8.56 Bn 0.37
4 Uber Technologies 144.45 Bn 143.41 Bn 11.88 Bn 0.18
5 Shopify 144.09 Bn 138.34 Bn 1.55 Bn -
6 ServiceNow 110.55 Bn 105.37 Bn 2.83 Bn -
7 Cadence Design Systems 106.32 Bn 104.91 Bn 1.26 Bn 0.24
8 Adobe 97.77 Bn 90.88 Bn 5.73 Bn 0.03
9 Automatic Data Processing 93.39 Bn 90.16 Bn 2.87 Bn 0.06
10 Karooooo 20.04 Mn -50.39 Mn 52.58 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Feb 28, 2026 0.08
Nov 30, 2025 0.05
Aug 31, 2025 0.05
May 31, 2025 0.05
Feb 28, 2025 0.06
Nov 30, 2024 0.06
Aug 31, 2024 0.06
May 31, 2024 0.01
Feb 29, 2024 0.01
Nov 30, 2023 0.01
Aug 31, 2023 0.01
May 31, 2023 0.01
Feb 28, 2023 0.01
Nov 30, 2022 0.01
Aug 31, 2022 0.01
Feb 28, 2022 0.03
Nov 30, 2021 0.04
Aug 31, 2021 0.03
May 6, 2021 0.00
Feb 28, 2021 0.01