Cientifica (LSE:CTFA) Debt-to-Equity : 0.00 (As of Sep. 2014)

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What is Cientifica Debt-to-Equity?

Cientifica's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was £0.00 Mil. Cientifica's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was £0.00 Mil. Cientifica's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was £0.04 Mil. Cientifica's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was 0.00.

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

LSE:CTFA's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked ^*
in the Conglomerates industry.
Industry Median: 0.55
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-Equity only.

Cientifica Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

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

Cientifica Annual Data

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Debt-to-Equity

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-0.57

Cientifica Semi-Annual Data
	Sep10	Mar11	Sep11	Mar12	Sep12	Mar13	Sep13	Mar14	Sep14
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial				-0.95	-0.57	-0.58	-	-

Competitive Comparison of Cientifica's Debt-to-Equity

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Cientifica'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.

Cientifica's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Cientifica's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Cientifica Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Cientifica's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2014 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)	/	0.074
	=	0.00

Cientifica's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 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)	/	0.04
	=	0.00

Cientifica (LSE:CTFA) 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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Cientifica PLC, formerly known as Avia Health Informatics PLC, was incorporated on January 11, 2008 in United Kingdom. Th Company is an investment company investing in businesses making use of emerging technologies and advanced materials.

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