SKVY (Sentry Technology) Debt-to-Equity : -1.09 (As of Jun. 2011)

Sentry Technology Debt-to-Equity Chart

Sentry Technology Annual Data
	Trend	Dec01	Dec02	Dec03	Dec04	Dec05	Dec06	Dec07	Dec08	Dec09	Dec10
Debt-to-Equity		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					7.69	-2.93	-1.76	-1.30	-1.32

Sentry Technology Quarterly Data
	Sep06	Dec06	Mar07	Jun07	Sep07	Dec07	Mar08	Jun08	Sep08	Dec08	Mar09	Jun09	Sep09	Dec09	Mar10	Jun10	Sep10	Dec10	Mar11	Jun11
Debt-to-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-1.52	-1.44	-1.32	-1.19	-1.09

Competitive Comparison of Sentry Technology's Debt-to-Equity

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, Sentry Technology'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.

Sentry Technology's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Sentry Technology's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Sentry Technology Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Sentry Technology's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2010 is calculated as

Sentry Technology's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2011 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.

Sentry Technology  (OTCPK:SKVY) 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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