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Highest Debt to Asset Ratio in the Education Services Industry Detected in Shares of Education Management (EDMC, STRA, APOL, ESI, LINC)Jan 11, 2013 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the three companies in the Education Services 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.Education Management ranks highest with a a debt to asset ratio of 0.50. Following is Strayer Education with a a debt to asset ratio of 0.44. Apollo Group ranks third highest with a a debt to asset ratio of 0.25. ITT Educational Services follows with a a debt to asset ratio of 0.24, and Lincoln Educational Services rounds out the top five with a a debt to asset ratio of 0.11. SmarTrend recommended that its subscribers protect gains by selling shares of ITT Educational Services on September 25th, 2012 by issuing a Downtrend alert when the shares were trading at $34.52. Since that call, shares of ITT Educational Services have fallen 58.1%. We are now looking for when a new Uptrend will commence and will alert SmarTrend subscribers in real time. Write to Chip Brian at [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SmarTrend analyzes over 5,000 securities simultaneously throughout the trading day and provides its subscribers with trend change alerts in real time. To get a free trial of our trading calls and maximize your trading results, please visit http://www.MySmarTrend.com Get exclusive, actionable insight into how the market is expected to trend prior to market open with our free morning newsletter. Sign up at: http://www.MySmarTrend.com/signup |