Origen Financial (Origen Financial) Debt-to-Equity : 10.29 (As of Dec. 2008)

Origen Financial Debt-to-Equity Chart

Origen Financial Annual Data
	Trend	Dec00	Dec01	Dec02	Dec03	Dec04	Dec05	Dec06	Dec07	Dec08
Debt-to-Equity		Get a 7-Day Free Trial				2.14	3.23	4.00	7.23	10.29

Origen Financial Quarterly Data
	Mar04	Jun04	Sep04	Dec04	Mar05	Jun05	Sep05	Dec05	Mar06	Jun06	Sep06	Dec06	Mar07	Jun07	Sep07	Dec07	Mar08	Jun08	Sep08	Dec08
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															7.23	8.41	7.11	6.94	10.29

Competitive Comparison of Origen Financial's Debt-to-Equity

For the REIT - Mortgage subindustry, Origen Financial's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity 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.

Origen Financial's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Origen Financial's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Origen Financial's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

Origen Financial Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Origen Financial's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2008 is calculated as

Origen Financial's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2008 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.

Origen Financial  (OTCPK:ORGN) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.

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