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Asia Carbon Industries (Asia Carbon Industries) Debt-to-Equity : 0.04 (As of Jun. 2013)


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What is Asia Carbon Industries Debt-to-Equity?

Asia Carbon Industries's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2013 was $1.38 Mil. Asia Carbon Industries's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2013 was $0.00 Mil. Asia Carbon Industries's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2013 was $37.44 Mil. Asia Carbon Industries's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2013 was 0.04.

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 Asia Carbon Industries's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

ACRB's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked *
in the Chemicals industry.
Industry Median: 0.35
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-Equity only.

Asia Carbon Industries Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Asia Carbon Industries'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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Asia Carbon Industries Debt-to-Equity Chart

Asia Carbon Industries Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12
Debt-to-Equity
0.10 0.07 0.05 0.04

Asia Carbon Industries Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Asia Carbon Industries's Debt-to-Equity

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Asia Carbon Industries'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.


Asia Carbon Industries's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Asia Carbon Industries's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Asia Carbon Industries's Debt-to-Equity falls into.



Asia Carbon Industries Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Asia Carbon Industries's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2012 is calculated as

Asia Carbon Industries's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2013 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.


Asia Carbon Industries  (OTCPK:ACRB) 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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Asia Carbon Industries (Asia Carbon Industries) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Xi Gu Nan Street, Qing Xu County Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, Taiyuan City, CHN, 030407
Asia Carbon Industries Inc is a United States based company, through its subsidiary, manufactures carbon black products under the Great Double Star brand and other by-products. The company manufactures one soft and two hard carbon black products, called N660, N330, and N220, respectively.

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