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Electronic Control Security (Electronic Control Security) Debt-to-Equity : 0.63 (As of Mar. 2014)


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What is Electronic Control Security Debt-to-Equity?

Electronic Control Security's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2014 was $0.04 Mil. Electronic Control Security's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2014 was $0.42 Mil. Electronic Control Security's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2014 was $0.73 Mil. Electronic Control Security's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2014 was 0.63.

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 Electronic Control Security's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

EKCS's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked *
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 0.38
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-Equity only.

Electronic Control Security Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Electronic Control Security'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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Electronic Control Security Debt-to-Equity Chart

Electronic Control Security Annual Data
Trend Jun04 Jun05 Jun06 Jun07 Jun08 Jun09 Jun10 Jun11 Jun12 Jun13
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.35 0.13 0.12 0.23 0.33

Electronic Control Security Quarterly Data
Jun09 Sep09 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14
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 0.22 0.33 0.37 0.46 0.63

Competitive Comparison of Electronic Control Security's Debt-to-Equity

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, Electronic Control Security'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.


Electronic Control Security's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Electronic Control Security's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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



Electronic Control Security Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Electronic Control Security's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2013 is calculated as

Electronic Control Security's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2014 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.


Electronic Control Security  (OTCPK:EKCS) 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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Electronic Control Security (Electronic Control Security) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
790 Bloomfield Avenue, Building C-1, Clifton, NJ, USA, 07012
Electronic Control Security Inc is a single source security technology provider. It designs, manufactures, and supplies standalone and fully integrated state-of-the-art entry control and perimeter intrusion detection systems for the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, nuclear power stations, and various international customers. ECSI designs and interfaces commercial-off-the-shelf hardware, offering systems that are cost-effective and flexible to achieve a secure and normal environment for a facility. Its products are Advanced Radar Technologies; Water Infrastructure Sensing Equipment; Flight Line Security and Others.
Executives
Stephen Rossetti director 5408 DUVALL DR, BETHESDA MD 20816-1872
Gordon E Fornell director
Norman J Barta director C/O NEPHROS, INC., 3960 BROADWAY, NEW YORK NY 10032

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