American Community Newspapers (American Community Newspapers) Debt-to-Equity : -2.68 (As of Jun. 2008)

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What is American Community Newspapers Debt-to-Equity?

American Community Newspapers's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2008 was $143.32 Mil. American Community Newspapers's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2008 was $0.00 Mil. American Community Newspapers's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2008 was $-53.56 Mil. American Community Newspapers's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2008 was -2.68.

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 American Community Newspapers's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

ACNI's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked ^*
in the Media - Diversified industry.
Industry Median: 0.285
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-Equity only.

American Community Newspapers Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for American Community Newspapers'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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American Community Newspapers Debt-to-Equity Chart

American Community Newspapers Annual Data

Trend

Dec05

Dec06

Dec07

Debt-to-Equity

2.29

American Community Newspapers Quarterly Data
	Jun05	Sep05	Dec05	Mar06	Jun06	Sep06	Dec06	Mar07	Jun07	Sep07	Dec07	Mar08	Jun08
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial								0.01	2.22	2.29	2.47	-2.68

Competitive Comparison of American Community Newspapers's Debt-to-Equity

For the Publishing subindustry, American Community Newspapers'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.

American Community Newspapers's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, American Community Newspapers's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where American Community Newspapers's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

American Community Newspapers Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

American Community Newspapers's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2007 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
	=	(2.1	+	137.866)	/	61.199
	=	2.29

American Community Newspapers's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2008 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
	=	(143.317	+	0)	/	-53.563
	=	-2.68

American Community Newspapers (OTCPK:ACNI) 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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American Community Newspapers (American Community Newspapers) Business Description

Industry

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Traded in Other Exchanges

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Address

14875 Landmark Boulevard, Suite 110, Addison, TX, USA, 75254

Website

http://www.acnpapers.com

American Community Newspapers Inc is a community newspaper publisher in the United States, operating within four major U.S. markets.

Executives

Rachesky Mark H Md	10 percent owner	40 WEST 57TH STREET, 24TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Mhr Fund Management Llc	10 percent owner	1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS,, 42ND FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10105
Mhr Advisors Llc	10 percent owner
Marilyn Rubenstein	10 percent owner
Woodland Services Corp	10 percent owner
Israel A Englander	other: May be deemed as group member.	C/O MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC, 399 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Millenco, L.l.c.	10 percent owner	C/O MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC, 666 FIFTH AVENUE, 8TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10103
Millennium Management Llc	other: May be deemed as group member.	399 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Barry Rubenstein	10 percent owner	68 WHEATLEY RD, BROOKVILLE NY 11545

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