California Style Palms (California Style Palms) Debt-to-Equity : -0.06 (As of Sep. 2006)

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What is California Style Palms Debt-to-Equity?

California Style Palms's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2006 was $1.19 Mil. California Style Palms's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2006 was $0.00 Mil. California Style Palms's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2006 was $-21.53 Mil. California Style Palms's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2006 was -0.06.

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 California Style Palms's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

CFPI's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked ^*
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry.
Industry Median: 0.41
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-Equity only.

California Style Palms Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for California Style Palms'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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California Style Palms Debt-to-Equity Chart

California Style Palms Annual Data

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Debt-to-Equity

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0.18

0.16

0.24

0.30

-0.17

California Style Palms Quarterly Data
	Jul00	Oct00	Jan01	Apr01	Jul01	Oct01	Jan02	Apr02	Jul02	Oct02	Jan03	Apr03	Dec04	Mar05	Jun05	Sep05	Dec05	Mar06	Jun06	Sep06
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-0.15	-0.10	-0.05	-0.06	-0.06

Competitive Comparison of California Style Palms's Debt-to-Equity

For the Farm Products subindustry, California Style Palms'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.

California Style Palms's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, California Style Palms's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

California Style Palms Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

California Style Palms's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2005 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
	=	(0.554	+	0.25)	/	-4.862
	=	-0.17

California Style Palms's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2006 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
	=	(1.191	+	0)	/	-21.529
	=	-0.06

California Style Palms (OTCPK:CFPI) 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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California Style Palms (California Style Palms) Business Description

Industry

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Traded in Other Exchanges

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Address

349 North Renee Street, Orange, CA, USA, 92869-3122

Website

http://www.californiastylepalmsinc.com

California Style Palms Inc is engaged in selling and installation of decorative palm trees. It owns and operates the assets, with the exception of the real estate, of Gregory Palm Farms, LLC, a fourth-generation farmers company who live to grow its own products. The company owns and operates two farms in California, and have set up central location in Orange, Orange County. It derives revenues primarily from the sale and installation of decorative palm trees.

Executives

Andrew C Schmidt

director

1700 CARNEGIE AVE, SUITE 100, SANTA ANA CA 92705

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