So, if you have one card with a $ 10,000 credit line with a $ 5,000 balance and another card with a $ 1,000 credit line and a $ 200 balance, your total
credit utilization ratio across both cards is 47 percent ($ 5,200 owed divided by total $ 11,000 in available credit).
Not exact matches
And if you carry a balance of $ 3,000
across both cards, then your
credit utilization ratio is 50 %.
However, Chase looks at more than just your
credit score — such as your debt to income
ratio,
credit utilization ratio, total
credit limits
across all banks, the total number of
credit cards that you currently have, payment history on other
credit cards and other proprietary factors that Chase may have in their algorithm.
A good rule of thumb is to keep your
credit utilization ratio below 30 % at all times — both on a per - card basis and
across all of your cards.
Someone with a $ 10,000 limit total
across 4 cards, who then uses $ 2,000 of her
credit has a
credit utilization ratio of 20 %.
You can calculate your
credit utilization ratio by adding up your total outstanding balances owed dividing it by the total
credit limit
across all of your open accounts.
For example, if your
credit limit is $ 5,000
across all cards, and you have $ 3,500 in outstanding
credit card debt, your
utilization ratio is 70 percent.