S & B Industrial Minerals (ATH:ARBA) Debt-to-Equity : 0.86 (As of Sep. 2012)

S & B Industrial Minerals Debt-to-Equity Chart

S & B Industrial Minerals Annual Data
	Trend	Dec02	Dec03	Dec04	Dec05	Dec06	Dec07	Dec08	Dec09	Dec10	Dec11
Debt-to-Equity		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					0.20	1.13	0.74	0.64	0.71

S & B Industrial Minerals Quarterly Data
	Dec09	Mar10	Jun10	Sep10	Dec10	Mar11	Jun11	Sep11	Dec11	Mar12	Jun12	Sep12
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial							0.71	0.71	0.71	0.67	0.86

Competitive Comparison of S & B Industrial Minerals's Debt-to-Equity

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, S & B Industrial Minerals'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.

S & B Industrial Minerals's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, S & B Industrial Minerals's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where S & B Industrial Minerals's Debt-to-Equity falls into.

S & B Industrial Minerals Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

S & B Industrial Minerals's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2011 is calculated as

S & B Industrial Minerals's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 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.

S & B Industrial Minerals  (ATH:ARBA) 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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