General DataComm Industries (General DataComm Industries) Debt-to-Equity : -0.72 (As of Jun. 2010)

General DataComm Industries Debt-to-Equity Chart

General DataComm Industries Annual Data
	Trend	Sep96	Sep97	Sep98	Sep99	Sep00	Sep05	Sep06	Sep07	Sep08	Sep09
Debt-to-Equity		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					-0.90	-0.95	-0.83	-0.77	-0.67

General DataComm Industries Quarterly Data
	Sep05	Dec05	Mar06	Jun06	Sep06	Dec06	Mar07	Jun07	Sep07	Dec07	Mar08	Jun08	Sep08	Dec08	Mar09	Jun09	Sep09	Dec09	Mar10	Jun10
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-0.69	-0.67	-0.65	-0.73	-0.72

Competitive Comparison of General DataComm Industries's Debt-to-Equity

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, General DataComm Industries'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.

General DataComm Industries's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, General DataComm Industries's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

General DataComm Industries Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

General DataComm Industries's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2009 is calculated as

General DataComm Industries's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2010 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.

General DataComm Industries  (GREY:GNRD) 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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