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Cuisine Solutions (Cuisine Solutions) Debt-to-Equity : 0.24 (As of Mar. 2009)


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What is Cuisine Solutions Debt-to-Equity?

Cuisine Solutions's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2009 was $1.38 Mil. Cuisine Solutions's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2009 was $4.41 Mil. Cuisine Solutions's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2009 was $23.95 Mil. Cuisine Solutions's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2009 was 0.24.

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 Cuisine Solutions's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

CUSI's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked *
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry.
Industry Median: 0.4
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-Equity only.

Cuisine Solutions Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cuisine Solutions'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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Cuisine Solutions Debt-to-Equity Chart

Cuisine Solutions Annual Data
Trend Jun99 Jun00 Jun01 Jun02 Jun03 Jun04 Jun05 Jun06 Jun07 Jun08
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.29 0.38 0.35 0.35 0.31

Cuisine Solutions Quarterly Data
Jun04 Sep04 Dec04 Mar05 Jun05 Sep05 Dec05 Mar06 Jun06 Sep06 Dec06 Mar07 Jun07 Sep07 Dec07 Mar08 Jun08 Sep08 Dec08 Mar09
Debt-to-Equity Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.34 0.31 0.24 0.25 0.24

Competitive Comparison of Cuisine Solutions's Debt-to-Equity

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Cuisine Solutions'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.


Cuisine Solutions's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

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

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



Cuisine Solutions Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Cuisine Solutions's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2008 is calculated as

Cuisine Solutions's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2009 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.


Cuisine Solutions  (OTCPK:CUSI) 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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Cuisine Solutions (Cuisine Solutions) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
22445 Sous Vide Lane, Unit 100, Sterling, VA, USA, 20166
Cuisine Solutions Inc is a United States-based company engaged in the business of production and marketing of fully-cooked, frozen and prepared foods to different channels and geographic regions. The company's food product portfolio includes poultry, sauces, seafood, lamb, pork, veal, beef and other items.
Executives
Yuyun Tristan Kuo officer: CFO, Treasurer, and Secretary 85 SOUTH BRAGG STREET, SUITE 600, ALEXANDRIA VA 22312