Interplay Entertainment (Interplay Entertainment) Debt-to-Equity : -0.07 (As of Mar. 2011)

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What is Interplay Entertainment Debt-to-Equity?

Interplay Entertainment's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2011 was $0.21 Mil. Interplay Entertainment's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2011 was $0.00 Mil. Interplay Entertainment's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2011 was $-3.20 Mil. Interplay Entertainment's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2011 was -0.07.

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

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

Interplay Entertainment Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Interplay Entertainment'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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Interplay Entertainment Debt-to-Equity Chart

Interplay Entertainment Annual Data

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Debt-to-Equity

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-0.26

-0.78

-0.23

-0.17

-0.08

Interplay Entertainment Quarterly Data
	Jun06	Sep06	Dec06	Mar07	Jun07	Sep07	Dec07	Mar08	Jun08	Sep08	Dec08	Mar09	Jun09	Sep09	Dec09	Mar10	Jun10	Sep10	Dec10	Mar11
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-0.21	-0.14	-0.11	-0.08	-0.07

Competitive Comparison of Interplay Entertainment's Debt-to-Equity

For the Software - Application subindustry, Interplay Entertainment'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.

Interplay Entertainment's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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

Interplay Entertainment Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Interplay Entertainment's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2010 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
	=	(0.239	+	0)	/	-2.843
	=	-0.08

Interplay Entertainment's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2011 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
	=	(0.209	+	0)	/	-3.197
	=	-0.07

Interplay Entertainment (OTCPK:IPLY) 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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