Covista Communications (Covista Communications) Debt-to-Equity : 0.02 (As of Apr. 2005)

Covista Communications Debt-to-Equity Chart

Covista Communications Annual Data
	Trend	Jan96	Jan97	Jan98	Jan99	Jan00	Jan01	Jan02	Jan03	Jan04	Jan05
Debt-to-Equity		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					0.17	3.05	0.24	0.17	0.04

Covista Communications Quarterly Data
	Jul00	Oct00	Jan01	Apr01	Jul01	Oct01	Jan02	Apr02	Jul02	Oct02	Jan03	Apr03	Jul03	Oct03	Jan04	Apr04	Jul04	Oct04	Jan05	Apr05
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.30	0.26	0.07	0.04	0.02

Competitive Comparison of Covista Communications's Debt-to-Equity

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Covista Communications'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.

Covista Communications's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Covista Communications's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Covista Communications Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Covista Communications's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2005 is calculated as

Covista Communications's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2005 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.

Covista Communications  (OTCPK:CVST) 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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