Blue Zone (Blue Zone) Debt-to-Equity : 3.70 (As of Dec. 2001)

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What is Blue Zone Debt-to-Equity?

Blue Zone's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2001 was $0.00 Mil. Blue Zone's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2001 was $0.60 Mil. Blue Zone's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2001 was $0.16 Mil. Blue Zone's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2001 was 3.70.

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

BLZN's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked ^*
in the Media - Diversified industry.
Industry Median: 0.29
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-Equity only.

Blue Zone Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Blue Zone'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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Blue Zone Debt-to-Equity Chart

Blue Zone Annual Data

Trend

Dec99

Dec00

Dec01

Debt-to-Equity

0.01

3.70

Blue Zone Semi-Annual Data
	Dec99	Dec00	Dec01
Debt-to-Equity	0.01	-	3.70

Competitive Comparison of Blue Zone's Debt-to-Equity

For the Broadcasting subindustry, Blue Zone'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.

Blue Zone's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Blue Zone's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Blue Zone Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Blue Zone's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2001 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	+	0.6)	/	0.162
	=	3.70

Blue Zone's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2001 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	+	0.6)	/	0.162
	=	3.70

Blue Zone (OTCPK:BLZN) 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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