Agent Information Software (Agent Information Software) Debt-to-Equity : 0.19 (As of Dec. 2003)

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What is Agent Information Software Debt-to-Equity?

Agent Information Software's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2003 was $0.03 Mil. Agent Information Software's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2003 was $0.42 Mil. Agent Information Software's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2003 was $2.34 Mil. Agent Information Software's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2003 was 0.19.

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 Agent Information Software's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

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

Agent Information Software Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Agent Information Software'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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Agent Information Software Debt-to-Equity Chart

Agent Information Software Annual Data

Trend

Dec99

Dec00

Dec01

Dec02

Dec03

Debt-to-Equity

0.79

0.62

0.66

0.18

0.19

Agent Information Software Quarterly Data
	Dec99	Mar00	Jun00	Sep00	Dec00	Mar01	Jun01	Sep01	Dec01	Mar02	Jun02	Sep02	Dec02	Mar03	Jun03	Sep03	Dec03
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial												0.18	0.40	0.02	0.02	0.19

Competitive Comparison of Agent Information Software's Debt-to-Equity

For the Software - Application subindustry, Agent Information Software'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.

Agent Information Software's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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

Agent Information Software Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Agent Information Software's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2003 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
	=	(0.029	+	0.418)	/	2.338
	=	0.19

Agent Information Software's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2003 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
	=	(0.029	+	0.418)	/	2.338
	=	0.19

Agent Information Software (OTCPK:AIFS) 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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Agent Information Software (Agent Information Software) Business Description

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Address

760 East Francis Street, Units C & D, Ontario, CA, USA, 91761

Website

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Agent Information Software Inc provides software products and services that create, manage, publish, and access information content through the Internet or the web. The company offers data automation solutions to customers across multiple industries. Additionally, it also renders software as a service (SaaS), database subscriptions, software maintenance, and support contract services. The Company derives its revenues from various software subscriptions, maintenance and support services, licensing and other non-recurring services.