Hoganas AB (LTS:0GMD) Debt-to-Equity : 0.18 (As of Jun. 2013)

Hoganas AB Debt-to-Equity Chart

Hoganas AB Annual Data
	Trend	Dec03	Dec04	Dec05	Dec06	Dec07	Dec08	Dec09	Dec10	Dec11	Dec12
Debt-to-Equity		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					0.81	0.48	0.27	0.27	0.17

Hoganas AB Quarterly Data
	Dec07	Dec08	Mar09	Jun09	Sep09	Dec09	Mar10	Jun10	Sep10	Dec10	Mar11	Jun11	Sep11	Dec11	Mar12	Jun12	Sep12	Dec12	Mar13	Jun13
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.26	0.21	0.17	0.14	0.18

Competitive Comparison of Hoganas AB's Debt-to-Equity

For the Steel subindustry, Hoganas AB'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.

Hoganas AB's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Hoganas AB's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Hoganas AB Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

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

Hoganas AB's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2013 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.

Hoganas AB  (LTS:0GMD) 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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