Primus Guaranty (Primus Guaranty) Debt-to-Equity : -1.18 (As of Dec. 2011)

Primus Guaranty Debt-to-Equity Chart

Primus Guaranty Annual Data
	Trend	Dec02	Dec03	Dec04	Dec05	Dec06	Dec07	Dec08	Dec09	Dec10	Dec11
Debt-to-Equity		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					-3.49	-0.18	-0.71	-2.37	-1.18

Primus Guaranty Quarterly Data
	Mar07	Jun07	Sep07	Dec07	Mar08	Jun08	Sep08	Dec08	Mar09	Jun09	Sep09	Dec09	Mar10	Jun10	Sep10	Dec10	Mar11	Jun11	Sep11	Dec11
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-2.37	-27.77	3.84	-0.79	-1.18

Competitive Comparison of Primus Guaranty's Debt-to-Equity

For the Credit Services subindustry, Primus Guaranty'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.

Primus Guaranty's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Credit Services Industry

For the Credit Services industry and Financial Services sector, Primus Guaranty's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Primus Guaranty Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Primus Guaranty's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2011 is calculated as

Primus Guaranty's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2011 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.

Primus Guaranty  (OTCPK:PRSG) 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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