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Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals (Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals) Debt-to-Equity : 1.51 (As of Mar. 2008)


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What is Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals Debt-to-Equity?

Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2008 was $0.06 Mil. Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2008 was $0.01 Mil. Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2008 was $0.04 Mil. Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2008 was 1.51.

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 Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

NOUV's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked *
in the Healthcare Providers & Services industry.
Industry Median: 0.49
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-Equity only.

Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals'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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Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals Debt-to-Equity Chart

Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals Annual Data
Trend Jun03 Jun04 Jun05 Jun06
Debt-to-Equity
-0.30 -0.29 -0.65 -0.05

Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals Quarterly Data
Jun03 Sep03 Dec03 Mar04 Jun04 Sep04 Dec04 Mar05 Jun05 Sep05 Dec05 Mar06 Jun06 Sep06 Dec06 Mar07 Jun07 Sep07 Dec07 Mar08
Debt-to-Equity Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.11 0.21 0.31 2.81 1.51

Competitive Comparison of Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals's Debt-to-Equity

For the Health Information Services subindustry, Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals'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.


Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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



Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2006 is calculated as

Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2008 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.


Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals  (OTCPK:NOUV) 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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Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals (Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
370 Amapola Avenue, Suite 200-A, Torrance, CA, USA, 90501
Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals Inc is a healthcare solution company that provides non-face-to-face care services. Its product portfolio includes SILBY, Tomy, Amy, Maro, and Kiromy.