Jason Shipping ASA (OSL:JSHIP) Debt-to-Equity : -0.86 (As of Mar. 2013)

Jason Shipping ASA Debt-to-Equity Chart

Jason Shipping ASA Annual Data
	Trend	Dec04	Dec05	Dec06	Dec07	Dec08	Dec09	Dec10	Dec11	Dec12
Debt-to-Equity		Get a 7-Day Free Trial				4.09	10.20	7.44	-0.76	-0.88

Jason Shipping ASA Quarterly Data
	Dec09	Mar10	Jun10	Sep10	Dec10	Mar11	Jun11	Sep11	Dec11	Mar12	Jun12	Sep12	Dec12	Mar13
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial									-0.71	-0.84	-0.83	-0.88	-0.86

Competitive Comparison of Jason Shipping ASA's Debt-to-Equity

For the Marine Shipping subindustry, Jason Shipping ASA'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.

Jason Shipping ASA's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Jason Shipping ASA's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Jason Shipping ASA Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Jason Shipping ASA's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2012 is calculated as

Jason Shipping ASA's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 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.

Jason Shipping ASA  (OSL:JSHIP) 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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Jason Shipping ASA (OSL:JSHIP) Business Description