News Communications (News Communications) Equity-to-Asset : -0.22 (As of Dec. 2004)

News Communications Equity-to-Asset Chart

News Communications Annual Data
	Trend	Nov96	Nov97	Nov98	Nov99	Dec00	Dec01	Dec02	Dec03	Dec04
Equity-to-Asset		Get a 7-Day Free Trial				0.32	0.34	0.12	0.11	-0.22

News Communications Semi-Annual Data
	Nov96	Nov97	Nov98	Nov99	Dec00	Dec01	Dec02	Dec03	Dec04
Equity-to-Asset	Get a 7-Day Free Trial				0.32	0.34	0.12	0.11	-0.22

Competitive Comparison of News Communications's Equity-to-Asset

For the Publishing subindustry, News Communications's Equity-to-Asset, along with its competitors' market caps and Equity-to-Asset 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.

News Communications's Equity-to-Asset Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, News Communications's Equity-to-Asset distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where News Communications's Equity-to-Asset falls into.

News Communications Equity-to-Asset Calculation

Equity to Asset ratio measures the ratios of the portion of the asset owned by shareholders out of the total asset. It indicates the leverage of the company, and the amount of debt the company uses in its operation.

Equity to Asset ratio is calculated by dividing total stockholders equity by total asset.

News Communications's Equity to Asset Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2004 is calculated as

News Communications's Equity to Asset Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2004 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.

News Communications  (OTCPK:NWCM) Equity-to-Asset Explanation

Equity to Asset ratio can vary greatly across different industries, as they have different capital structure. A company with smaller Equity to Asset ratio (more leveraged) may have higher ROE % because of the leverage.

For banks, the required minimum Equity to Asset ratio by regulation is 5%. Some stronger banks may have Equity to Asset Ratio of more than 10%.

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