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Auto Escape (XPAR:ALAUT) Debt-to-Equity : 0.42 (As of Mar. 2012)


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What is Auto Escape Debt-to-Equity?

Auto Escape's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2012 was €2.76 Mil. Auto Escape's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2012 was €0.00 Mil. Auto Escape's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2012 was €6.53 Mil. Auto Escape's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2012 was 0.42.

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

XPAR:ALAUT's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked *
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 0.38
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-Equity only.

Auto Escape Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Auto Escape'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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Auto Escape Debt-to-Equity Chart

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Auto Escape Semi-Annual Data
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Debt-to-Equity - 0.42

Competitive Comparison of Auto Escape's Debt-to-Equity

For the Rental & Leasing Services subindustry, Auto Escape'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.


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

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

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



Auto Escape Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Auto Escape's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in . 20 is calculated as

Auto Escape's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2012 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.


Auto Escape  (XPAR:ALAUT) 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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