This percentage is calculated by dividing your total
debt by your total credit limits.
Determined by dividing total
debt by total credit limits.
Not exact matches
Shifting
credit card balances from an existing card to another will not change the
credit utilization ratio, as it looks at the
total amount of
debt outstanding divided
by your
total credit card
limits.
If not, you can improve this part of your score
by paying off
debts or increasing your
total credit limit (which could include opening another card).
On - time - payments account for 35 % of your score, while
credit utilization (
debt divided
by total available
credit limits) accounts for 30 %.