Global Water Technologies (Global Water Technologies) Debt-to-Equity : 1.32 (As of Mar. 2002)

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What is Global Water Technologies Debt-to-Equity?

Global Water Technologies's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2002 was $6.39 Mil. Global Water Technologies's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2002 was $0.15 Mil. Global Water Technologies's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2002 was $4.96 Mil. Global Water Technologies's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2002 was 1.32.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Global Water Technologies's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

GWTR's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked ^*
in the Industrial Products industry.
Industry Median: 0.28
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-Equity only.

Global Water Technologies Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Global Water Technologies's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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* 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.

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Global Water Technologies Debt-to-Equity Chart

Global Water Technologies Annual Data

Trend

Dec01

Debt-to-Equity

1.56

Global Water Technologies Quarterly Data
	Jun01	Sep01	Dec01	Mar02
Debt-to-Equity	0.81	1.09	1.56	1.32

Competitive Comparison of Global Water Technologies's Debt-to-Equity

For the Pollution & Treatment Controls subindustry, Global Water Technologies'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.

Global Water Technologies's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Global Water Technologies's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Global Water Technologies's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

Global Water Technologies Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Global Water Technologies's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2001 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(6.691	+	0.196)	/	4.421
	=	1.56

Global Water Technologies's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2002 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(6.389	+	0.153)	/	4.956
	=	1.32

Global Water Technologies (OTCPK:GWTR) 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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Global Water Technologies (Global Water Technologies) Business Description

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125 W. South Street, Suite 702, Indianapolis, IN, USA, 46206

Website

http://www.gwtr.com

Global Water Technologies Inc is involved in the development and commercialization of new technologies to improve efficiency in drinking water systems and sales of water treatment products and services. It also develops smart water grid solutions.

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