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CV Holdings (CV Holdings) Debt-to-Equity : 4.72 (As of Dec. 2008)


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What is CV Holdings Debt-to-Equity?

CV Holdings's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2008 was $19.2 Mil. CV Holdings's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2008 was $1,012.6 Mil. CV Holdings's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2008 was $218.4 Mil. CV Holdings's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2008 was 4.72.

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 CV Holdings's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

CVHL's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked *
in the Credit Services industry.
Industry Median: 1.17
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-Equity only.

CV Holdings Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for CV Holdings'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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CV Holdings Debt-to-Equity Chart

CV Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08
Debt-to-Equity
0.09 1.36 7.57 4.72

CV Holdings Quarterly Data
Sep05 Dec05 Mar06 Jun06 Sep06 Dec06 Mar07 Jun07 Sep07 Dec07 Mar08 Jun08 Sep08 Dec08
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 7.57 3.17 2.87 3.22 4.72

Competitive Comparison of CV Holdings's Debt-to-Equity

For the Credit Services subindustry, CV Holdings'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.


CV Holdings's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Credit Services Industry

For the Credit Services industry and Financial Services sector, CV Holdings's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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



CV Holdings Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

CV Holdings's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2008 is calculated as

CV Holdings's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2008 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.


CV Holdings  (OTCPK:CVHL) 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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CV Holdings (CV Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
1300 Quail Street, Suite 106, Newport Beach, CA, USA, 92660
Realty Finance Corp operates as a holding company for several finance-related businesses. The Company, through its wholly-owned or controlled subsidiaries, holds several types of investment assets, including loans receivable, finance leases, commercial Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDO) interests, and investments in joint ventures and limited liability companies.
Executives
Raymond E Wirta director C/O CBRE, 2100 MCKINNEY AVENUE, SUITE 1250, DALLAS TX 75201
Douglas C Eby director C/O MARKEL CORPORATION, 4521 HIGHWOODS PARKWAY, GLEN ALLEN VA 23060
Michael A Angerthal officer: Executive VP, CFO & Treasurer C/O VIRTUS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, INC., 100 PEARL STREET, HARTFORD CT 06103
Ricardo Koenigsberger director 185 ASYLUM STREET, 37TH FLOOR, HARTFORD CT 06103
Vincent J Costantini director 71 SUNSET ROAD, WESTON MA 02493

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