NewStar Financial (NewStar Financial) Equity-to-Asset : 0.16 (As of Sep. 2017)

NewStar Financial Equity-to-Asset Chart

NewStar Financial Annual Data
	Trend	Dec07	Dec08	Dec09	Dec10	Dec11	Dec12	Dec13	Dec14	Dec15	Dec16
Equity-to-Asset		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					0.28	0.24	0.23	0.16	0.16

NewStar Financial Quarterly Data
	Dec12	Mar13	Jun13	Sep13	Dec13	Mar14	Jun14	Sep14	Dec14	Mar15	Jun15	Sep15	Dec15	Mar16	Jun16	Sep16	Dec16	Mar17	Jun17	Sep17
Equity-to-Asset	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.15	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.16

Competitive Comparison of NewStar Financial's Equity-to-Asset

For the Credit Services subindustry, NewStar Financial's Equity-to-Asset, along with its competitors' market caps and Equity-to-Asset 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.

NewStar Financial's Equity-to-Asset Distribution in the Credit Services Industry

For the Credit Services industry and Financial Services sector, NewStar Financial's Equity-to-Asset distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where NewStar Financial's Equity-to-Asset falls into.

NewStar Financial Equity-to-Asset Calculation

Equity to Asset ratio measures the ratios of the portion of the asset owned by shareholders out of the total asset. It indicates the leverage of the company, and the amount of debt the company uses in its operation.

Equity to Asset ratio is calculated by dividing total stockholders equity by total asset.

NewStar Financial's Equity to Asset Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2016 is calculated as

NewStar Financial's Equity to Asset Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 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.

NewStar Financial  (NAS:NEWS) Equity-to-Asset Explanation

Equity to Asset ratio can vary greatly across different industries, as they have different capital structure. A company with smaller Equity to Asset ratio (more leveraged) may have higher ROE % because of the leverage.

For banks, the required minimum Equity to Asset ratio by regulation is 5%. Some stronger banks may have Equity to Asset Ratio of more than 10%.

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