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American Biltrite (American Biltrite) Liabilities-to-Assets : 0.64 (As of Dec. 2011)


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What is American Biltrite Liabilities-to-Assets?

Liabilities-to-Assets is a solvency ratio indicating how much of the company’s assets are made of liabilities, calculated as total liabilities divided by total asset. American Biltrite's Total Liabilities for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2011 was $76.5 Mil. American Biltrite's Total Assets for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2011 was $120.4 Mil. Therefore, American Biltrite's Liabilities-to-Assets Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2011 was 0.64.


American Biltrite Liabilities-to-Assets Historical Data

The historical data trend for American Biltrite's Liabilities-to-Assets 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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American Biltrite Liabilities-to-Assets Chart

American Biltrite Annual Data
Trend Dec02 Dec03 Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11
Liabilities-to-Assets
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.55 1.16 1.16 0.59 0.64

American Biltrite Quarterly Data
Mar07 Jun07 Sep07 Dec07 Mar08 Jun08 Sep08 Dec08 Mar09 Jun09 Sep09 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11
Liabilities-to-Assets 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 0.59 0.60 0.60 0.62 0.64

Competitive Comparison of American Biltrite's Liabilities-to-Assets

For the Conglomerates subindustry, American Biltrite's Liabilities-to-Assets, along with its competitors' market caps and Liabilities-to-Assets 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.


American Biltrite's Liabilities-to-Assets Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, American Biltrite's Liabilities-to-Assets distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where American Biltrite's Liabilities-to-Assets falls into.



American Biltrite Liabilities-to-Assets Calculation

Liabilities-to-Assets ratio measures the portion of the total liabilities to the total asset. It indicates the leverage of the company, and the amount of debt the company uses in its operation.

Liabilities-to-Assets ratio is calculated by dividing total liabilities by total asset.

American Biltrite's Liabilities-to-Assets Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2011 is calculated as:

Liabilities-to-Assets (A: Dec. 2011 )=Total Liabilities/Total Assets
=76.493/120.4
=0.64

American Biltrite's Liabilities-to-Assets Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2011 is calculated as

Liabilities-to-Assets (Q: Dec. 2011 )=Total Liabilities/Total Assets
=76.493/120.4
=0.64

* 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.


American Biltrite  (OTCPK:ABLT) Liabilities-to-Assets Explanation

Liabilities-to-Assets is a solvency ratio indicating how much of the company’s assets are made of liabilities. It can vary greatly across different industries, as they have different capital structure. A high Liabilities-to-Assets ratio (more leveraged) suggests that the company might have potential solvency problems, or even a signal of financial distress. Conversely, a low Liabilities-to-Assets ratio usually indicates a healthy financial situation. However, it may also suggest that the company is not expanding or not making good use of debt.


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American Biltrite (American Biltrite) Business Description

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Address
57 River Street, Suite 302, Wellesley Hills, MA, USA, 02481-2097
American Biltrite Inc is engaged in providing flooring products, tape products, jewelry, and rubber products globally. It offers all the products from its operating divisions, Tape Division, K&M Associates L.P., and American Biltrite (Canada) Ltd. The Tape products division provides specialized pressure-sensitive tapes, films, and protective sheeting. American Biltrite (Canada) Ltd manufactures and distributes commercial flooring and performance sheet rubber throughout North America. K&M Associates L.P. supplies fashion jewelry and sells branded and private-label products to a wide range of retail customers.
Executives
Mark N Kaplan director C/O AUTOWEB, INC. 6410 OAK CANYON, SUITE 250 IRVINE CA 92618
Mark S Newman director DRS TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 5 SYLVAN WAY, PARSIPPANY NJ 07054
Kenneth I Watchmaker director
Frederick H Joseph director 93 ABBOT STREET, ANDOVER MA 01810

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