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Medical Care Service Company (NGO:2494) Debt-to-Equity : 0.70 (As of Feb. 2013)


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What is Medical Care Service Company Debt-to-Equity?

Medical Care Service Company's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2013 was 円867 Mil. Medical Care Service Company's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2013 was 円1,191 Mil. Medical Care Service Company's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2013 was 円2,942 Mil. Medical Care Service Company's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2013 was 0.70.

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

NGO:2494's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked *
in the Healthcare Providers & Services industry.
Industry Median: 0.48
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-Equity only.

Medical Care Service Company Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Medical Care Service Company'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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Medical Care Service Company Debt-to-Equity Chart

Medical Care Service Company Annual Data
Trend Aug09 Aug10 Aug11
Debt-to-Equity
1.58 0.85 0.69

Medical Care Service Company Quarterly Data
Aug10 Feb11 May11 Aug11 Nov11 Feb12 May12 Aug12 Nov12 Feb13
Debt-to-Equity Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.68 0.54 0.64 0.78 0.70

Competitive Comparison of Medical Care Service Company's Debt-to-Equity

For the Medical Care Facilities subindustry, Medical Care Service Company'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.


Medical Care Service Company's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Medical Care Service Company's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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



Medical Care Service Company Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Medical Care Service Company's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2011 is calculated as

Medical Care Service Company's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Feb. 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.


Medical Care Service Company  (NGO:2494) 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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