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OmniVision Technologies (OmniVision Technologies) Debt-to-Equity : 0.03 (As of Oct. 2015)


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What is OmniVision Technologies Debt-to-Equity?

OmniVision Technologies's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2015 was $9 Mil. OmniVision Technologies's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2015 was $22 Mil. OmniVision Technologies's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2015 was $1,194 Mil. OmniVision Technologies's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2015 was 0.03.

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 OmniVision Technologies's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

OVTI's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked *
in the Semiconductors industry.
Industry Median: 0.26
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-Equity only.

OmniVision Technologies Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for OmniVision Technologies's Debt-to-Equity 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.

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OmniVision Technologies Debt-to-Equity Chart

OmniVision Technologies Annual Data
Trend Apr06 Apr07 Apr08 Apr09 Apr10 Apr11 Apr12 Apr13 Apr14 Apr15
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.06 0.06 0.05 0.04 0.03

OmniVision Technologies Quarterly Data
Jan11 Apr11 Jul11 Oct11 Jan12 Apr12 Jul12 Oct12 Jan13 Apr13 Jul13 Oct13 Jan14 Apr14 Jul14 Oct14 Jan15 Apr15 Jul15 Oct15
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Competitive Comparison of OmniVision Technologies's Debt-to-Equity

For the Semiconductors subindustry, OmniVision 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.


OmniVision Technologies's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, OmniVision Technologies's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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



OmniVision Technologies Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

OmniVision Technologies's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2015 is calculated as

OmniVision Technologies's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2015 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.


OmniVision Technologies  (NAS:OVTI) 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.


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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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OmniVision Technologies (OmniVision Technologies) Business Description

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OmniVision Technologies Inc is a Delaware corporation, incorporated in May 1995 in California, and reincorporated in Delaware in March 2000. The Company designs, develops and markets high-performance, highly integrated and cost-efficient semiconductor image-sensor devices. Its products include image-sensing devices namely CameraChip image sensors. Its image sensors capture an image electronically and are used in a number of consumer and commercial mass-market applications. Its CameraChip image sensors are manufactured using the complementary metal oxide semiconductor, or CMOS, fabrication process and are predominantly single-chip solutions that integrate several distinct functions including image capture, image processing, color processing, signal conversion and output of a fully processed image or video stream. It sells directly to OEMs and VARs and indirectly through distributors. OEMs include branded camera device manufacturers and contract manufacturers. The Company sells its products through a direct sales force and indirectly through distributors. It relies on a combination of patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets, as well as nondisclosure agreements and other methods, to protect various aspects of its CameraChip and CameraCubeChip image sensors. Its competitors include ON Semiconductor, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, STMicroelectronics and Toshiba.
Executives
Dwight Steffensen director

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