Ecometals (Ecometals) Debt-to-Equity : 0.21 (As of Dec. 2012)

Ecometals Debt-to-Equity Chart

Ecometals Annual Data
	Trend	Mar03	Mar04	Mar05	Mar06	Mar07	Mar08	Mar09	Mar10	Mar11	Mar12
Debt-to-Equity		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					0.02	0.05	0.02	0.04	0.08

Ecometals Quarterly Data
	Mar08	Jun08	Sep08	Dec08	Mar09	Jun09	Sep09	Dec09	Mar10	Jun10	Sep10	Dec10	Mar11	Jun11	Sep11	Dec11	Mar12	Jun12	Sep12	Dec12
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.05	0.08	0.07	0.19	0.21

Competitive Comparison of Ecometals's Debt-to-Equity

For the Gold subindustry, Ecometals'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.

Ecometals's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Ecometals's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Ecometals Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Ecometals's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2012 is calculated as

Ecometals's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 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.

Ecometals  (OTCPK:ECMLF) 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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