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Zoom Technologies (Zoom Technologies) Debt-to-Equity : 0.39 (As of Mar. 2014)


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What is Zoom Technologies Debt-to-Equity?

Zoom Technologies's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2014 was $3.47 Mil. Zoom Technologies's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2014 was $1.25 Mil. Zoom Technologies's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2014 was $12.01 Mil. Zoom Technologies's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2014 was 0.39.

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 Zoom Technologies's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

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

Zoom Technologies Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Zoom Technologies'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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Zoom Technologies Debt-to-Equity Chart

Zoom Technologies Annual Data
Trend Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.86 0.82 0.02 0.07 0.40

Zoom Technologies Quarterly Data
Jun09 Sep09 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14
Debt-to-Equity Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.11 0.11 0.01 0.40 0.39

Competitive Comparison of Zoom Technologies's Debt-to-Equity

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Zoom Technologies'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.


Zoom Technologies's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Zoom Technologies's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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



Zoom Technologies Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Zoom Technologies's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as

Zoom Technologies's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2014 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.


Zoom Technologies  (OTCPK:ZTNO) 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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Zoom Technologies (Zoom Technologies) Business Description

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Address
Sanlitun SOHO, Building A, 11th Floor, No. 8 Worker Stadium North Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, CHN, 10027
Zoom Technologies Inc designs, produces, markets, sales and supports broadband and dial-up modems, Voice over Internet Protocol or VoIP products and services, Bluetooth wireless products, and other communication-related products. It is engaged in mobile platform video game development, manufacturing, research and development, and sales of electronic components for third generation mobile phones, wireless communication circuitry, GPS equipment, and related software products.
Executives
Anthony K Chan director, officer: Chief Financial Officer 32108 ALVARADO BLVD., UNIT 138, UNION CITY CA 94587
Frank Blase Manning director C/O ZOOM TELEPHONICS INC, 207 SOUTH STREET, BOSTON MA 02110
Peter Robin Kramer director
Joseph Donovan director C/O ZOOM TECHNOLOGIES INC, 207 SOUTH STREET, BOSTON MA 02111
J Ronald Woods director
Bernard Furman director
Terry Manning officer: VP Sales & Marketing
Deena M Randall officer: VP of Operations
Robert A Crist officer: CFO

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