Screen Service (LTS:0GMN) Debt-to-Equity : 4.30 (As of Sep. 2013)

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What is Screen Service Debt-to-Equity?

Screen Service's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2013 was €38.51 Mil. Screen Service's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2013 was €0.94 Mil. Screen Service's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2013 was €9.18 Mil. Screen Service's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2013 was 4.30.

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

LTS:0GMN's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked ^*
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 0.29
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-Equity only.

Screen Service Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Screen Service'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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Screen Service Debt-to-Equity Chart

Screen Service Annual Data

Trend

Sep06

Sep07

Sep08

Sep09

Sep10

Sep11

Sep12

Sep13

Debt-to-Equity

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0.07

0.62

0.56

0.65

4.30

Screen Service Semi-Annual Data
	Sep06	Sep07	Sep08	Sep09	Sep10	Sep11	Sep12	Sep13
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial			0.07	0.62	0.56	0.65	4.30

Competitive Comparison of Screen Service's Debt-to-Equity

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Screen Service'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.

Screen Service's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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

Screen Service Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Screen Service's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2013 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
	=	(38.506	+	0.935)	/	9.179
	=	4.30

Screen Service's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2013 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
	=	(38.506	+	0.935)	/	9.179
	=	4.30

Screen Service (LTS:0GMN) 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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Screen Service (LTS:0GMN) Business Description

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Screen Service, an Italy-based telecommunication Company provides products and services to broadcasters and mobile operators. Its products include analog and digital transmitters and transposers, encoders, decoders, remote control systems and modulators.

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