News Communications (News Communications) Cash-to-Debt : 1.32 (As of Dec. 2004)

News Communications Cash-to-Debt Chart

News Communications Annual Data
	Trend	Nov96	Nov97	Nov98	Nov99	Dec00	Dec01	Dec02	Dec03	Dec04
Cash-to-Debt		Get a 7-Day Free Trial				10.52	11.71	10.04	3.73	1.32

News Communications Semi-Annual Data
	Nov96	Nov97	Nov98	Nov99	Dec00	Dec01	Dec02	Dec03	Dec04
Cash-to-Debt	Get a 7-Day Free Trial				10.52	11.71	10.04	3.73	1.32

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

For the Publishing subindustry, News 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.

News Communications's Cash-to-Debt Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

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

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

News 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.

News Communications's Cash to Debt Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2004 is calculated as:

News Communications's Cash to Debt Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2004 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.

News Communications  (OTCPK:NWCM) 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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