Cientifica (LSE:CTFA) Cash-to-Debt : No Debt ⁽¹⁾ (As of Sep. 2014)

Cientifica Cash-to-Debt Chart

Cientifica Semi-Annual Data
	Sep10	Mar11	Sep11	Mar12	Sep12	Mar13	Sep13	Mar14	Sep14
Cash-to-Debt	Get a 7-Day Free Trial				0.39	0.01	0.01	No Debt	No Debt

Competitive Comparison of Cientifica's Cash-to-Debt

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Cientifica'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.

Cientifica's Cash-to-Debt Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Cientifica's Cash-to-Debt distribution charts can be found below:

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

Cientifica 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.

Cientifica's Cash to Debt Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2014 is calculated as:

Cientifica had no debt ⁽¹⁾.

Cientifica's Cash to Debt Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 is calculated as:

Cientifica had no debt ⁽¹⁾.

* 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.

Cientifica  (LSE:CTFA) 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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