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Highest Debt to Asset Ratio in the Airlines Industry Detected in Shares of Republic Airways Holdings (RJET, PNCL, LCC, LFL, JBLU)

Written on Thu, 04/11/2013 - 9:19am
By Amy Schwartz

Below are the three companies in the Airlines industry with the highest debt to asset ratios. The Debt/Asset ratio shows the proportion of a company's assets that are financed through debt. If the ratio is greater than one, most of the company's assets are financed through debt.

Republic Airways Holdings ranks highest with a a debt to asset ratio of 0.58. Following is Pinnacle Airlines with a a debt to asset ratio of 0.53. US Airways Group ranks third highest with a a debt to asset ratio of 0.51.

Lan Airlines follows with a a debt to asset ratio of 0.45, and JetBlue Airways rounds out the top five with a a debt to asset ratio of 0.40.

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Keywords: highest debt to asset ratio republic airways holdings pinnacle airlines us airways group LAN Airlines JetBlue Airways

Ticker(s): RJET PNCL LCC LFL JBLU

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