Mothercare Australia Limited (ASX:MLC) Debt-to-Equity : 3.22 (As of Jun. 2012)

Mothercare Australia Limited Debt-to-Equity Chart

Mothercare Australia Limited Annual Data
	Trend	Dec02	Dec03	Dec04	Dec05	Dec06	Dec07	Jun09	Jun10	Jun11	Jun12
Debt-to-Equity		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					-	0.06	1.83	1.77	3.22

Mothercare Australia Limited Semi-Annual Data
	Dec02	Jun03	Dec03	Jun04	Dec04	Jun05	Dec05	Jun06	Dec06	Jun07	Dec07	Jun08	Dec08	Jun09	Dec09	Jun10	Dec10	Jun11	Dec11	Jun12
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															1.83	0.04	1.77	0.16	3.22

Competitive Comparison of Mothercare Australia Limited's Debt-to-Equity

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Mothercare Australia Limited'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.

Mothercare Australia Limited's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Mothercare Australia Limited's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Mothercare Australia Limited's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

Mothercare Australia Limited Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Mothercare Australia Limited's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2012 is calculated as

Mothercare Australia Limited's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2012 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.

Mothercare Australia Limited  (ASX:MLC) 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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