Nanosphere (Nanosphere) Debt-to-Equity : 1.67 (As of Mar. 2016)

Nanosphere Debt-to-Equity Chart

Nanosphere Annual Data
	Trend	Dec06	Dec07	Dec08	Dec09	Dec10	Dec11	Dec12	Dec13	Dec14	Dec15
Debt-to-Equity		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					-	-	0.27	0.36	0.83

Nanosphere Quarterly Data
	Jun11	Sep11	Dec11	Mar12	Jun12	Sep12	Dec12	Mar13	Jun13	Sep13	Dec13	Mar14	Jun14	Sep14	Dec14	Mar15	Jun15	Sep15	Dec15	Mar16
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.46	0.66	1.07	0.83	1.67

Competitive Comparison of Nanosphere's Debt-to-Equity

For the Diagnostics & Research subindustry, Nanosphere'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.

Nanosphere's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Medical Diagnostics & Research Industry

For the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry and Healthcare sector, Nanosphere's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Nanosphere Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Nanosphere's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015 is calculated as

Nanosphere's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2016 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.

Nanosphere  (NAS:NSPH) 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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