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Artificial Life (Artificial Life) Debt-to-Equity : 0.01 (As of Sep. 2011)


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What is Artificial Life Debt-to-Equity?

Artificial Life's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2011 was $0.63 Mil. Artificial Life's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2011 was $0.00 Mil. Artificial Life's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2011 was $61.17 Mil. Artificial Life's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2011 was 0.01.

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 Artificial Life's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

ALIF's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 0.21
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-Equity only.

Artificial Life Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Artificial Life'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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Artificial Life Debt-to-Equity Chart

Artificial Life Annual Data
Trend Dec01 Dec02 Dec03 Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.05 0.15 0.06 0.05 0.04

Artificial Life Quarterly Data
Dec06 Mar07 Jun07 Sep07 Dec07 Mar08 Jun08 Sep08 Dec08 Mar09 Jun09 Sep09 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11
Debt-to-Equity Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.02 0.04 0.02 0.03 0.01

Competitive Comparison of Artificial Life's Debt-to-Equity

For the Software - Application subindustry, Artificial Life'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.


Artificial Life's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Artificial Life's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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



Artificial Life Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

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

Artificial Life's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 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.


Artificial Life  (OTCPK:ALIF) 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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Artificial Life (Artificial Life) Business Description

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26th Floor, 88 Hing Fat Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, HKG, 90401
Artificial Life Inc is a full-service mobile phone application software provider and a pioneer in broadband mobile technology, mobile games, interactive mobile TV, mobile business applications and m-commerce platforms.

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