BPZ Resources (FRA:NA4) Cash-to-Debt : No Debt ⁽¹⁾ (As of Mar. 2015)

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What is BPZ Resources Cash-to-Debt?

Cash to Debt Ratio measures the financial strength of a company. It is calculated as a company's cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities divide by its debt. BPZ Resources's cash to debt ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2015 was No Debt ⁽¹⁾.

If Cash to Debt ratio is greater than 1, the company can pay off its debt using the cash in hand. Here we can see, BPZ Resources could pay off its debt using the cash in hand for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2015.

(1) Note: An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

The historical rank and industry rank for BPZ Resources's Cash-to-Debt or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:NA4' s Cash-to-Debt Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.01 Med: 1.03 Max: No Debt
Current: No Debt

During the past 13 years, BPZ Resources's highest Cash to Debt Ratio was No Debt. The lowest was 0.01. And the median was 1.03.

FRA:NA4's Cash-to-Debt is not ranked
in the Oil & Gas industry.
Industry Median: 0.49 vs FRA:NA4: No Debt

BPZ Resources Cash-to-Debt Historical Data

The historical data trend for BPZ Resources's Cash-to-Debt 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.

Note: An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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BPZ Resources Cash-to-Debt Chart

BPZ Resources Annual Data

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0.07

0.22

0.38

0.28

0.29

BPZ Resources Quarterly Data
	Jun10	Sep10	Dec10	Mar11	Jun11	Sep11	Dec11	Mar12	Jun12	Sep12	Dec12	Mar13	Jun13	Sep13	Dec13	Mar14	Jun14	Sep14	Dec14	Mar15
Cash-to-Debt	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.22	0.32	0.37	0.29	No Debt

Competitive Comparison of BPZ Resources's Cash-to-Debt

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, BPZ Resources'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.

BPZ Resources's Cash-to-Debt Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, BPZ Resources's Cash-to-Debt distribution charts can be found below:

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

BPZ Resources 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.

BPZ Resources's Cash to Debt Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as:

Cash to Debt Ratio	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Total Debt
	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)
	=	50.403	/	(173.807	+	0)
	=	0.29

BPZ Resources's Cash to Debt Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2015 is calculated as:

BPZ Resources had no debt ⁽¹⁾.

BPZ Resources (FRA:NA4) 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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BPZ Resources (FRA:NA4) Business Description

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http://www.bpzenergy.com

BPZ Resources Inc is a Texas corporation, incorporated in 1993. The Company is an independent oil and gas company engaged in the exploration, development and production of oil and natural gas in Peru and Ecuador. The Company is in the process of developing its Peruvian oil and gas reserves. It has completed the installation of the new CX-15 platform in the Corvina field to continue the development of the field and continued its drilling campaign there with completion of the CX-15-1D well. The customer of the Company is Peruvian national oil company, Petroleos del Peru - PETROPERU S.A.

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BPZ Resources (FRA:NA4) Cash-to-Debt : No Debt (1) (As of Mar. 2015)