Medica (FRA:GM4) Debt-to-Equity : 0.89 (As of Jun. 2013)

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What is Medica Debt-to-Equity?

Medica's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2013 was €94.8 Mil. Medica's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2013 was €510.6 Mil. Medica's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2013 was €683.2 Mil. Medica's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2013 was 0.89.

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

FRA:GM4's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked ^*
in the Healthcare Providers & Services industry.
Industry Median: 0.48
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-Equity only.

Medica Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Medica'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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Medica Debt-to-Equity Chart

Medica Annual Data

Trend

Dec07

Dec08

Dec09

Dec10

Dec11

Dec12

Debt-to-Equity

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5.11

3.14

0.83

0.94

1.02

Medica Semi-Annual Data
	Jun10	Dec10	Jun11	Dec11	Jun12	Dec12	Jun13
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial			0.96	0.94	0.88	1.02	0.89

Competitive Comparison of Medica's Debt-to-Equity

For the Medical Care Facilities subindustry, Medica'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.

Medica's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Medica's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Medica Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

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

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(23.188	+	661.989)	/	674.173
	=	1.02

Medica's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2013 is calculated as

Debt to Equity	=	Total Debt			/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	Total Stockholders Equity
	=	(94.843	+	510.621)	/	683.199
	=	0.89

Medica (FRA:GM4) 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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