Gerova Financial Group (Gerova Financial Group) Debt-to-Equity : 0.02 (As of Jun. 2009)

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What is Gerova Financial Group Debt-to-Equity?

Gerova Financial Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2009 was $1.31 Mil. Gerova Financial Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2009 was $0.00 Mil. Gerova Financial Group's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2009 was $69.66 Mil. Gerova Financial Group's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2009 was 0.02.

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 Gerova Financial Group's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

GVFG's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked ^*
in the Insurance industry.
Industry Median: 0.23
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-Equity only.

Gerova Financial Group Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Gerova Financial Group's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:

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* 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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Gerova Financial Group Debt-to-Equity Chart

Gerova Financial Group Annual Data

Trend

Dec07

Dec08

Dec09

Debt-to-Equity

22.73

0.01

Gerova Financial Group Quarterly Data
	Sep07	Dec07	Mar08	Jun08	Sep08	Dec08	Mar09	Jun09	Dec09
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial				-	0.01	0.01	0.02	-

Competitive Comparison of Gerova Financial Group's Debt-to-Equity

For the Insurance - Reinsurance subindustry, Gerova Financial Group'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.

Gerova Financial Group's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Gerova Financial Group's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Gerova Financial Group Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Gerova Financial Group's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2009 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
	=	(0	+	0)	/	71.498
	=	0.00

Gerova Financial Group's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2009 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
	=	(1.312	+	0)	/	69.659
	=	0.02

Gerova Financial Group (OTCPK:GVFG) 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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Gerova Financial Group (Gerova Financial Group) Business Description

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Address

Cumberland House, 5th Floor, 1 Victoria Street, Hamilton, BMU, HM 11

Website

Gerova Financial Group Ltd is an international reinsurance company focused on the life and annuity reinsurance markets, in addition to a niche property and causality business.

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