RPX (RPXC) Debt-to-Equity : 0.00 (As of Mar. 2018)

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What is RPX Debt-to-Equity?

RPX's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2018 was $0.0 Mil. RPX's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2018 was $0.0 Mil. RPX's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2018 was $443.2 Mil. RPX's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2018 was 0.00.

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

RPXC's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked ^*
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 0.4
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-Equity only.

RPX Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for RPX'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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RPX Debt-to-Equity Chart

RPX Annual Data

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Debt-to-Equity

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0.20

RPX Quarterly Data
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Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.20	0.19	0.18	-	-

Competitive Comparison of RPX's Debt-to-Equity

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, RPX'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.

RPX's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, RPX's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

RPX Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

RPX's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2017 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
	=	(0	+	0)	/	409.755
	=	0.00

RPX's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2018 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
	=	(0	+	0)	/	443.193
	=	0.00

RPX (NAS:RPXC) 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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RPX (RPXC) Business Description

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http://www.rpxcorp.com

RPX Corp is a U.S.-based company that offers patent aggregation solutions. The company acquires patents and licenses to patents that are already or can possibly be asserted against the company's existing and potential clients, and after that, the company licenses these patents to clients, in a bid to help clients reduce patent litigation risks, obtain cost-effective licenses, and control patent-risk management costs. The firm's revenue primarily stems from the subscription fees paid by clients under agreement, the premiums earned from insurance policies, and management fees. The company generates most of its revenue from the United States, Japan, and Korea.

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Shelby W Bonnie	director	C/O CNET, 150 CHESTNUT ST., SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Frank E Dangeard	director	THOMSON, 46 QUAI LE GALLO, BOULOGNE I0 92648
Sanford Robertson	director	ONE LETTERMAN DRIVE, BUILDING C SUITE 410, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94129
Magdalena Yesil	director	2306 MAR EAST STREET, TIBURON CA 94920
Andrew Africk	director
Gilbert Samuel Palter	director	37 MISTY CRESCENT TORONTO A6 MSB IT2
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Geoffrey T Barker	director, officer: Executive Director	1 MARKET PLAZA, STEUART TOWER, SUITE 800, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Ned D. Segal	officer: Chief Financial Officer, SVP	1 MARKET PLAZA, STEUART TOWER, SUITE 800, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
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