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Bede (LSE:BED) Debt-to-Equity : 0.00 (As of Sep. 2007)


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What is Bede Debt-to-Equity?

Bede's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2007 was £0.00 Mil. Bede's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2007 was £0.00 Mil. Bede's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2007 was £9.82 Mil. Bede's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2007 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 Bede's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

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Bede Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

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

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Bede Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Bede's Debt-to-Equity

For the subindustry, Bede'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.


Bede's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Industry

For the industry and sector, Bede's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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



Bede Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Bede's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2006 is calculated as

Bede's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2007 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.


Bede  (LSE:BED) 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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Bede (LSE:BED) Business Description

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Bede PLC is engaged in designing, manufacturing, integration, sale and service of X-ray metrology tools for the semiconductor industry. The group comprises two business segments: Design, manufacture, integration and sale of X-ray metrology tools; and Service of X-ray metrology tools for the semiconductor industry.

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