CapitalSouth Bancorp (CapitalSouth Bancorp) Debt-to-Equity : 2.18 (As of Sep. 2008)

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What is CapitalSouth Bancorp Debt-to-Equity?

CapitalSouth Bancorp's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2008 was $29.06 Mil. CapitalSouth Bancorp's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2008 was $23.59 Mil. CapitalSouth Bancorp's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2008 was $24.18 Mil. CapitalSouth Bancorp's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2008 was 2.18.

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 CapitalSouth Bancorp's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

CAPB's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked ^*
in the Banks industry.
Industry Median: 0.69
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-Equity only.

CapitalSouth Bancorp Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for CapitalSouth Bancorp'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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CapitalSouth Bancorp Debt-to-Equity Chart

CapitalSouth Bancorp Annual Data

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Dec07

Debt-to-Equity

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0.68

0.69

0.33

1.23

CapitalSouth Bancorp Quarterly Data
	Dec01	Dec02	Dec03	Dec04	Mar05	Jun05	Sep05	Dec05	Mar06	Jun06	Sep06	Dec06	Mar07	Jun07	Sep07	Dec07	Mar08	Jun08	Sep08
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial														0.94	1.23	1.23	1.79	2.18

Competitive Comparison of CapitalSouth Bancorp's Debt-to-Equity

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, CapitalSouth Bancorp'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.

CapitalSouth Bancorp's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, CapitalSouth Bancorp's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

CapitalSouth Bancorp Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

CapitalSouth Bancorp's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2007 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(33.935	+	23.053)	/	46.5
	=	1.23

CapitalSouth Bancorp's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2008 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(29.062	+	23.587)	/	24.18
	=	2.18

CapitalSouth Bancorp (OTCPK:CAPB) 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.

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CapitalSouth Bancorp (CapitalSouth Bancorp) Business Description

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Address

2340 Woodcrest Place, Suite 200, Birmingham, AL, USA, 35209

Website

http://www.capitalsouthbank.com

CapitalSouth Bancorp is engaged in financial services which include Retail, Commercial, Business Banking, Private Banking, and Mortgage. Its business includes Banking; Credit cards; Business loans; Treasury management: and Merchant services. It provides Personal checking accounts; Business checking accounts; Money Market accounts; Certificate of deposits and Individual Retirement accounts.

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