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AZ Electronic Materials (LSE:ZEMA) Liabilities-to-Assets : 0.50 (As of Dec. 2013)


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What is AZ Electronic Materials Liabilities-to-Assets?

Liabilities-to-Assets is a solvency ratio indicating how much of the company’s assets are made of liabilities, calculated as total liabilities divided by total asset. AZ Electronic Materials's Total Liabilities for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 was £418.58 Mil. AZ Electronic Materials's Total Assets for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 was £846.07 Mil. Therefore, AZ Electronic Materials's Liabilities-to-Assets Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 was 0.50.


AZ Electronic Materials Liabilities-to-Assets Historical Data

The historical data trend for AZ Electronic Materials's Liabilities-to-Assets 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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AZ Electronic Materials Liabilities-to-Assets Chart

AZ Electronic Materials Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13
Liabilities-to-Assets
1.61 0.63 0.56 0.52 0.50

AZ Electronic Materials Semi-Annual Data
Jun11 Dec11 Jun12 Dec12 Jun13 Dec13
Liabilities-to-Assets Get a 7-Day Free Trial 0.56 0.55 0.52 0.52 0.50

Competitive Comparison of AZ Electronic Materials's Liabilities-to-Assets

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, AZ Electronic Materials's Liabilities-to-Assets, along with its competitors' market caps and Liabilities-to-Assets 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.


AZ Electronic Materials's Liabilities-to-Assets Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, AZ Electronic Materials's Liabilities-to-Assets distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where AZ Electronic Materials's Liabilities-to-Assets falls into.



AZ Electronic Materials Liabilities-to-Assets Calculation

Liabilities-to-Assets ratio measures the portion of the total liabilities to the total asset. It indicates the leverage of the company, and the amount of debt the company uses in its operation.

Liabilities-to-Assets ratio is calculated by dividing total liabilities by total asset.

AZ Electronic Materials's Liabilities-to-Assets Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as:

Liabilities-to-Assets (A: Dec. 2013 )=Total Liabilities/Total Assets
=418.582/846.07
=0.49

AZ Electronic Materials's Liabilities-to-Assets Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as

Liabilities-to-Assets (Q: Dec. 2013 )=Total Liabilities/Total Assets
=418.582/846.07
=0.49

* 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.


AZ Electronic Materials  (LSE:ZEMA) Liabilities-to-Assets Explanation

Liabilities-to-Assets is a solvency ratio indicating how much of the company’s assets are made of liabilities. It can vary greatly across different industries, as they have different capital structure. A high Liabilities-to-Assets ratio (more leveraged) suggests that the company might have potential solvency problems, or even a signal of financial distress. Conversely, a low Liabilities-to-Assets ratio usually indicates a healthy financial situation. However, it may also suggest that the company is not expanding or not making good use of debt.


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AZ Electronic Materials (LSE:ZEMA) Business Description

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AZ Electronic Materials SA is a Luxembourg- based company engaged in producing and supplying specialty chemicals. It focuses on three business areas Integrated Circuits which involves dielectrics, underlayers, yield enhancers, CMP slurries and pattern enhancers, Display Materials and AZ products such as specialty chemicals and materials used in integrated circuits and devise as well as flat panel displays and photolithographic printing.

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