Debt ratios tend to be conservative, 35 percent of a company's capital, on average.

By contrast, the debt ratio of industrialized countries is about 40 percent.

Baxter has cut its debt ratio to 35 percent of capital in the last two years.

That would put the company's debt ratio at about eight times cash flow, which is high by industry standards.

Like all financial ratios, a company's debt ratio should be compared with their industry average or other competing firms.

But the excesses in the economy - the high corporate debt ratios - are going to have to be corrected.

The mistake lies in focusing too much upon the budget deficit. Instead, the focus should be on the debt ratio.

"In fact, the debt ratios, excluding financial units, have actually gone down - a sign we consider as a significant improvement."

And when you run the standard debt ratios for our country, they are not as bad as people would have you believe.

We have come down from a debt ratio so big we shouldn't have been alive as a company.

The company said its balance sheet remains strong with a low debt ratio and cash balance of $1,600m.

It must also identify the adjustment pacts adopted to reduce the general government debt ratios.

Until then, the public debt ratio had done nothing but rise ever since the euro had been brought into circulation.

In 2008 it was noted as having one of the lowest debt ratios among companies in the health care sector.

What other similar companies do you know of that have a bad debt ratio of 0.3 percent of revenue?

I listen to Michael babble on about debt ratios and the nonfarm payroll report.

Rare is the chief financial officer who borrows money without first checking her debt ratios and credit limits.

Debt ratios measure the firm's ability to repay long-term debt.

When he talks he speaks in terms of sales-per-square-foot, debt ratios and market research.

Today's Columns Balance sheets are looking healthier, but more work is needed to cut debt ratios.

"With the acquisition of Arlington Park this year in exchange for stock, our debt ratio actually dropped."

In Latin America, the debt ratio has climbed to 60 percent from about 40 percent.

After paying down debt with the proceeds of the recent asset sales, the debt ratio would be just above that range, he said.

In this recession, he noted, households and business had unusually high debt ratios, which have been keeping them from increasing expenditures.

With debt ratios on that scale it becomes imperative to maintain confidence in the government debt market.