Mansfelder Metals (Mansfelder Metals) Debt-to-Equity : 1.17 (As of Sep. 2007)

Mansfelder Metals Debt-to-Equity Chart

Mansfelder Metals Annual Data
	Trend	Jul97	Jul98	Jul99	Jul00	Jul01	Jul02	Jul03	Jul04	Jul05	Dec06
Debt-to-Equity		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					-	-	-	0.92	1.23

Mansfelder Metals Quarterly Data
	Oct02	Jan03	Apr03	Jul03	Oct03	Jan04	Apr04	Jul04	Oct04	Jan05	Apr05	Jul05	Oct05	Mar06	Jun06	Sep06	Dec06	Mar07	Jun07	Sep07
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															1.96	1.23	1.19	1.19	1.17

Competitive Comparison of Mansfelder Metals's Debt-to-Equity

For the Aluminum subindustry, Mansfelder Metals'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.

Mansfelder Metals's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Mansfelder Metals's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Mansfelder Metals Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Mansfelder Metals's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2006 is calculated as

Mansfelder Metals's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2007 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.

Mansfelder Metals  (OTCPK:MNSF) 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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