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BroadSoft (BroadSoft) Debt-to-Equity : 0.59 (As of Sep. 2017)


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What is BroadSoft Debt-to-Equity?

BroadSoft's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 was $65.8 Mil. BroadSoft's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 was $145.3 Mil. BroadSoft's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 was $355.2 Mil. BroadSoft's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 was 0.59.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for BroadSoft's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

BSFT's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 0.21
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-Equity only.

BroadSoft Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for BroadSoft's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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BroadSoft Debt-to-Equity Chart

BroadSoft Annual Data
Trend Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 0.54 0.46 0.45 0.73 0.67

BroadSoft Quarterly Data
Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17
Debt-to-Equity Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.68 0.67 0.64 0.62 0.59

Competitive Comparison of BroadSoft's Debt-to-Equity

For the Software - Application subindustry, BroadSoft's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


BroadSoft's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, BroadSoft's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where BroadSoft's Debt-to-Equity falls into.



BroadSoft Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

BroadSoft's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2016 is calculated as

BroadSoft's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 is calculated as

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


BroadSoft  (NAS:BSFT) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.


BroadSoft Debt-to-Equity Related Terms

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BroadSoft (BroadSoft) Business Description

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BroadSoft provides cloud-based software and services that enable telecommunications-service providers to deliver hosted Unified Communications to enterprise customers. UC-One is the firm's flagship communications and collaboration offering. It integrates real-time communication services such as instant messaging and web conferencing, with non-real-time services such as email and fax. The firm's clients are typically large telecommunications service providers, and their end-customers are enterprises in hospitality, government, education, and healthcare industries. A large majority of the firm's revenue is generated in the United States, but BroadSoft has a sizable presence in Asia-Pacific and Europe.
Executives
Douglas L Maine director ALBEMARLE CORP, 451 FLORIDA ST, BATON ROUGE LA 70801
Gavin Eva Sage director C/O GAP INC., TWO FOLSOM ST, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105-1205
Andrew M Geisse director 208 S. AKARD ST., DALLAS TX 75202
Gavin John J Jr director
Markley John D. Jr. director COLUMBIA CAPITAL, 201 NORTH UNION STREET, SUITE VA 22314
Dino Dipalma officer: Chief Revenue Officer C/O BROADSOFT, INC., 9737 WASHINGTONIAN BOULEVARD, SUITE 350, GAITHERBURG MD 20878
Patrick Joggerst officer: VP-Worldwide Sales C/O BROADSOFT, INC., 9737 WASHINGTONIAN BOULEVARD, SUITE 350, GAITHERSBURG MD 20878
Charles L Ill director 901 MARQUETTE AVENUE, SUITE 3200, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402
Robert P Goodman director 1865 PALMER AVENUE, SUITE 104, LARCHMONT NY 10538
Deer Management Co. Llc 10 percent owner C/O BESSEMER VENTURE PARTNERS, 1865 PALMER AVENUE, SUITE 104, LARCHMONT NY 10538
Andrew M. Miller director 6001 AMERICA CENTER DR., SAN JOSE CA 95164

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