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Asia Cork (STU:6A3) Debt-to-Equity : 0.03 (As of Dec. 2010)


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What is Asia Cork Debt-to-Equity?

Asia Cork's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2010 was €0.53 Mil. Asia Cork's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2010 was €0.00 Mil. Asia Cork's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2010 was €20.09 Mil. Asia Cork's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2010 was 0.03.

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 Asia Cork's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

STU:6A3's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked *
in the Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances industry.
Industry Median: 0.32
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-Equity only.

Asia Cork Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Asia Cork'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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Asia Cork Debt-to-Equity Chart

Asia Cork Annual Data
Trend Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.08 0.04 0.06 0.04 0.03

Asia Cork Semi-Annual Data
Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10
Debt-to-Equity Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.08 0.04 0.06 0.04 0.03

Competitive Comparison of Asia Cork's Debt-to-Equity

For the Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances subindustry, Asia Cork'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.


Asia Cork's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances Industry

For the Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Asia Cork's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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



Asia Cork Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

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

Asia Cork's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2010 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.


Asia Cork  (STU:6A3) 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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Asia Cork (STU:6A3) Business Description

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Asia Cork Incorporated formerly known as Hankersen International Corp., was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware on August 1, 1996. On July 11, 2008, the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, Asia Cork Inc., was merged into its parent, the Company, in order to change the name of the Company, after approval by the Board of Directors of the Company according to the Delaware General Corporation Law. As permitted by Delaware General Corporation Law, the Company assumed the name of its wholly owned subsidiary following the merger and now operates under the name Asia Cork Inc. The Company through its subsidiaries is engaged in the development, manufacture and distribution of cork products including cork wood floor, wall and decorating materials. It produces approximately seven series of cork flooring planks with over approximately 50 different patterns, colors and granules. It produces approximately 16 types of cork wallboard and approximately three types of cork art crafts with different patterns. It products include Cork Granule, Cork Sheet and Roll, Glue-down Floor, Floating Floor, Cork Wallboard and Basic Board. All these products utilize staining technology to create different colors. Its cork art crafts include ornaments and decorations. Wallboard could also be used as decorative material. It also sells semi-finished cork products to other manufacturers which use cork granule and sheet roll as raw materials. Cork granule comes in varies sizes and is the early stage of cork material processing. It sells its products directly to customers in China through its own sales team, and it distributes its products to customers overseas through unrelated distributors and sales agents. The countries in which its products were distributed through these sales agents include India, the United States of America, Germany and Japan. The Company competes with Portugal cork manufacturers as its major product is cork stopper used for wine bottles, which usually accounts for one third of its total sales and even higher percentage of profit. Domestically, the Company competes with local mid-sized cork manufacturers. These companies' products are semi-finished cork boards, sheets and roles.

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