Avitar (Avitar) Debt-to-Equity : -0.57 (As of Dec. 2007)

Avitar Debt-to-Equity Chart

Avitar Annual Data
	Trend	Sep98	Sep99	Sep00	Sep01	Sep02	Sep03	Sep04	Sep05	Sep06	Sep07
Debt-to-Equity		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					-0.99	-0.30	-0.35	-0.46	-0.54

Avitar Quarterly Data
	Mar03	Jun03	Sep03	Dec03	Mar04	Jun04	Sep04	Dec04	Mar05	Jun05	Sep05	Dec05	Mar06	Jun06	Sep06	Dec06	Mar07	Jun07	Sep07	Dec07
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-0.47	-0.45	-0.52	-0.54	-0.57

Competitive Comparison of Avitar's Debt-to-Equity

For the Medical Devices subindustry, Avitar'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.

Avitar's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Avitar's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Avitar Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Avitar's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2007 is calculated as

Avitar's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2007 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.

Avitar  (OTCPK:AVTI) 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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