Span-America Medical Systems (Span-America Medical Systems) Equity-to-Asset : 0.85 (As of Mar. 2017)

Span-America Medical Systems Equity-to-Asset Chart

Span-America Medical Systems Annual Data
	Trend	Sep07	Sep08	Sep09	Sep10	Sep11	Sep12	Sep13	Sep14	Sep15	Sep16
Equity-to-Asset		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					0.80	0.83	0.86	0.76	0.81

Span-America Medical Systems Quarterly Data
	Jun12	Sep12	Dec12	Mar13	Jun13	Sep13	Dec13	Mar14	Jun14	Sep14	Dec14	Mar15	Jun15	Sep15	Dec15	Mar16	Jun16	Sep16	Dec16	Mar17
Equity-to-Asset	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.83	0.82	0.81	0.82	0.85

Competitive Comparison of Span-America Medical Systems's Equity-to-Asset

For the Medical Devices subindustry, Span-America Medical Systems'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.

Span-America Medical Systems's Equity-to-Asset Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Span-America Medical Systems's Equity-to-Asset distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Span-America Medical Systems's Equity-to-Asset falls into.

Span-America Medical Systems 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.

Span-America Medical Systems's Equity to Asset Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2016 is calculated as

Span-America Medical Systems's Equity to Asset Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 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.

Span-America Medical Systems  (NAS:SPAN) 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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