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Cistera Networks (Cistera Networks) Debt-to-Equity : -0.41 (As of Sep. 2010)


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What is Cistera Networks Debt-to-Equity?

Cistera Networks's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2010 was $0.76 Mil. Cistera Networks's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2010 was $0.00 Mil. Cistera Networks's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2010 was $-1.84 Mil. Cistera Networks's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2010 was -0.41.

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 Cistera Networks's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

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

Cistera Networks Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cistera Networks'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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Cistera Networks Debt-to-Equity Chart

Cistera Networks Annual Data
Trend Mar01 Mar02 Mar03 Mar04 Mar05 Mar06 Mar07 Mar08 Mar09 Mar10
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.52 -4.69 -0.74 -0.51 -0.40

Cistera Networks Quarterly Data
Dec05 Mar06 Jun06 Sep06 Dec06 Mar07 Jun07 Sep07 Dec07 Mar08 Jun08 Sep08 Dec08 Mar09 Jun09 Sep09 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10
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 -0.49 -0.49 -0.40 -0.39 -0.41

Competitive Comparison of Cistera Networks's Debt-to-Equity

For the Software - Application subindustry, Cistera Networks'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.


Cistera Networks's Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



Cistera Networks Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Cistera Networks's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2010 is calculated as

Cistera Networks's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 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.


Cistera Networks  (OTCPK:CNWT) 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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Cistera Networks (Cistera Networks) Business Description

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Address
5045 Lorimar Drive, Suite 180, Plano, TX, USA, 75093 5707
Cistera Networks Inc is a provider of cloud business communications solutions. It acts as a global provider of call recording, speech analytics and business intelligence solutions via on-site server or the cloud.
Executives
Roaring Fork Capital Sbic, L.p. 10 percent owner 1875 LAWRENCE STREET, SUITE 400, DENVER CO 80202

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