Covista Communications (Covista Communications) Cash-to-Debt : 25.23 (As of Apr. 2005)

Covista Communications Cash-to-Debt Chart

Covista Communications Annual Data
	Trend	Jan96	Jan97	Jan98	Jan99	Jan00	Jan01	Jan02	Jan03	Jan04	Jan05
Cash-to-Debt		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					3.24	0.38	0.74	1.20	15.02

Covista Communications Quarterly Data
	Jul00	Oct00	Jan01	Apr01	Jul01	Oct01	Jan02	Apr02	Jul02	Oct02	Jan03	Apr03	Jul03	Oct03	Jan04	Apr04	Jul04	Oct04	Jan05	Apr05
Cash-to-Debt	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.70	0.65	9.58	15.02	25.23

Competitive Comparison of Covista Communications's Cash-to-Debt

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Covista Communications's Cash-to-Debt, along with its competitors' market caps and Cash-to-Debt 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.

Covista Communications's Cash-to-Debt Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Covista Communications's Cash-to-Debt distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Covista Communications's Cash-to-Debt falls into.

Covista Communications Cash-to-Debt Calculation

This is the ratio of a company's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities to its debt. The debt includes the Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation. This ratio measures the financial strength of a company. This ratio is updated quarterly.

Covista Communications's Cash to Debt Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2005 is calculated as:

Covista Communications's Cash to Debt Ratio for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2005 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.

Covista Communications  (OTCPK:CVST) Cash-to-Debt Explanation

If Cash to Debt ratio is greater than 1, the company can pay off its debt using the cash in hand. If it is smaller than 1, it means the company has more debt than the cash in hands. In this case, it is important to look the the company's Interest Coverage. Ben Graham requires that a company must have an Interest Coverage of at least 5.

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