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Rockwood Holdings (FRA:R6H) Equity-to-Asset : 0.49 (As of Sep. 2014)


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What is Rockwood Holdings Equity-to-Asset?

Equity to Asset ratio is calculated as total stockholders equity divided by total asset. Rockwood Holdings's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was €1,935 Mil. Rockwood Holdings's Total Assets for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was €3,944 Mil. Therefore, Rockwood Holdings's Equity to Asset Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was 0.49.

The historical rank and industry rank for Rockwood Holdings's Equity-to-Asset or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:R6H' s Equity-to-Asset Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.1   Med: 0.26   Max: 0.52
Current: 0.49

During the past 12 years, the highest Equity to Asset Ratio of Rockwood Holdings was 0.52. The lowest was 0.10. And the median was 0.26.

FRA:R6H's Equity-to-Asset is not ranked
in the Chemicals industry.
Industry Median: 0.59 vs FRA:R6H: 0.49

Rockwood Holdings Equity-to-Asset Historical Data

The historical data trend for Rockwood Holdings's Equity-to-Asset 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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Rockwood Holdings Equity-to-Asset Chart

Rockwood Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13
Equity-to-Asset
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.18 0.22 0.30 0.27 0.52

Rockwood Holdings Quarterly Data
Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14
Equity-to-Asset 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 0.47 0.52 0.52 0.50 0.49

Competitive Comparison of Rockwood Holdings's Equity-to-Asset

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Rockwood Holdings'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.


Rockwood Holdings's Equity-to-Asset Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Rockwood Holdings's Equity-to-Asset distribution charts can be found below:

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



Rockwood Holdings 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.

Rockwood Holdings's Equity to Asset Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as

Equity to Asset (A: Dec. 2013 )=Total Stockholders Equity/Total Assets
=2114.153/4038.579
=0.52

Rockwood Holdings's Equity to Asset Ratio for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 is calculated as

Equity to Asset (Q: Sep. 2014 )=Total Stockholders Equity/Total Assets
=1934.956/3943.554
=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.


Rockwood Holdings  (FRA:R6H) 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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Rockwood Holdings (FRA:R6H) Business Description

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Rockwood Holdings Inc was incorporated in Delaware in September 2000. It is a developer, manufacturer and marketer of value-added specialty chemicals and materials used for industrial and commercial purposes. The Company operates through two business segments: Lithium and Surface Treatment. The Lithium segment operates under the Rockwood Lithium brand name and develops lithium chemicals for industries and end markets. It develops and manufactures basic lithium compounds, including lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide, lithium chloride, and value-added lithium specialties and reagents, including butyllithium and lithium aluminum hydride. It operates lithium business along the following five business divisions reflecting its core end-markets: Lithium Salts; Special Salts; Butyllithium/Lithium Metal; Battery Products and Lithium Specialties. Lithium segment obtains lithium brine which it uses to produce lithium products through evaporation in the Salar de Atacama, Chile and Silver Peak, Nevada. Lithium's customers include Bayer CropScience (a division of Bayer AG), Syngenta AG, Umicore S.A., Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. and Royal DSM N.V. Surface Treatment segment operates under the Chemetall brand name and develops and manufactures metal surface treatment products and services for industries and end market. Surface Treatment's products are used for a variety of applications and serve the automotive, aerospace and general industrial markets, including steel and metal-working industries. The customers include ArcelorMittal, Daimler AG, European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) N.V., Ford, Renault-Nissan and Volkswagen AG. The competitors in this segment includes: Dow Corning Corporation, Catalise Industria e Comercio de Metals Ltda and Nachmann S.r.I. The Company's operations are subject to regulation by the FDA with respect to certain products produced, marketed and sold by its Lithium segment, which includes pharmaceutical intermediates.

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