LaSalle Brands (FRA:UGW3) Debt-to-Equity : -0.45 (As of Sep. 2007)

LaSalle Brands Debt-to-Equity Chart

LaSalle Brands Quarterly Data
	Dec02	Mar03	Jun03	Sep03	Dec03	Mar04	Jun04	Sep04	Dec04	Mar05	Jun05	Sep05	Dec05	Mar06	Jun06	Sep06	Dec06	Mar07	Jun07	Sep07
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-0.32	-0.25	-0.32	-0.31	-0.45

Competitive Comparison of LaSalle Brands's Debt-to-Equity

For the Shell Companies subindustry, LaSalle Brands'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.

LaSalle Brands's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Diversified Financial Services Industry

For the Diversified Financial Services industry and Financial Services sector, LaSalle Brands's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

LaSalle Brands Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

LaSalle Brands's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2006 is calculated as

LaSalle Brands's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2007 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.

LaSalle Brands  (FRA:UGW3) 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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