CapitalSource (FRA:CAU) Debt-to-Equity : 0.63 (As of Dec. 2013)

CapitalSource Inc., incorporated in the state of Delaware. It is a commercial lender that provides financial products to middle market businesses. Through its wholly owned subsidiary, CapitalSource Bank, the Company provides depository products and services in southern and central California. Its main products include: Depository Products and Services; First Mortgage Loans; Senior Secured Asset-Based Loans; Senior Secured Cash Flow Loans; Direct Real Estate Investments; Term B, Second Lien and Mezzanine Loans; Equity Investments; and Residential Mortgage Investments. The Company currently operates as three reportable segments: Commercial Banking, Healthcare Net Lease and Residential Mortgage Investment. Its Commercial Banking segment comprises commercial lending and banking business activities; Healthcare Net Lease segment comprises its direct real estate investment business activities; and Residential Mortgage Investment segment comprises its residential mortgage investment and other investment activities formally engaged in to optimize its REIT qualification. Through Commercial Banking segment activities, the Company provides a range of financial products to middle market businesses and participates in broadly syndicated debt financings for larger businesses. Through Healthcare Net Lease segment activities, it invests in income-producing healthcare facilities, mainly long-term care facilities in the United States. The Company provides lease financing to skilled nursing facilities and, to a lesser extent, assisted living facilities, and long term acute care facilities. In its Commercial Banking and Healthcare Net Lease segments, the Company has three commercial lending businesses: Healthcare and Specialty Finance, which provides first mortgage loans, asset-based revolving lines of credit, and cash flow loans to healthcare businesses and, to a lesser extent, a range of other companies; Corporate Finance, which provides senior and subordinate loans through direct origination and participation in syndicated loan transactions; and Structured Finance, which engages in commercial and residential real estate finance and also provides asset-based lending to finance companies. The Company's markets are competitive and characterized by varying competitive factors. Some of its competitors have considerable market positions. The Company's bank operations are subject to regulation by federal and state regulatory agencies. This regulation is intended mainly for the protection of depositors and the deposit insurance fund, and secondarily for the stability of the U.S. banking system.