Meaning return on equity
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Indicator of profitability. Determined by dividing net income for the past 12 months by common stockholder equity (adjusted for stock splits). Result is shown as a percentage. Investors use ROE as a m [..]
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A profitability ratio calculated as net income divided by average shareholders’ equity.Synonyms: ROE
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An enterprise risk management (ERM) term meaning net income divided by net worth.
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The return on capital on an asset portfolio based on the equity required to support the portfolio.
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See ROE
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Definition ROE. A measure of how well a company used reinvested earnings to generate additional earnings, equal to a fiscal year's after-tax income (after preferred stock dividends but before com [..]
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Frequently used as an incentive plan measure, this is a term employed to describe returns due to shareholder by aligning profits to the equity of stockholders.
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The income available to common stockholders for the trailing 12 months divided by the average common equity, expressed as a percentage.
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Earnings divided by net assets.
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A measurement of PROFITABILITY that relates the amount earned by a business to the stockholders’ investments in the business. It is found by dividing NET INCOME by average OWNER'S EQUITY.
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Measures a corporation’s profitability by revealing how much profit a company generates with the money shareholders have invested.
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The rate of earnings realized by a utility on its shareholders' assets, calculated by dividing the earnings available for dividends by the equity portion of the rate base.
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  The amount of net income returned as a percentage of shareholder's equity. Measures profitibility by revealing how much profit a company generates with the money shareholders have in [..]
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Earnings
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Return on equity measures a year’s worth of earnings against shareholders’ equity (the difference between a group’s assets and its liabilities).
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See 'ROE'
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Is a percentage figured by dividing a company's earnings per share by its book value.
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 Net income attributable to common shareholders, expressed as a percentage of average common shareholders’ equity.
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A measure of profitability related to the amount of invested equity. ROE is equal to the ratio of either (1) net income to owners’ equity, or (2) net income available to common stockholders to common [..]
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This ratio is calculated by dividing the earnings of a company by its equity.
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Return on equity is a measure of profitability. It is computed on the basis of owner's equity. It is the rate earned on resources provided by owners and measures the earnings accruing to the owne [..]
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An indicator of profitability, calculated as net profits after tax divided by ordinary shareholders' equity. Investors use ROE as a measure of how efficiently a company is using the money they ha [..]
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Net income / (total assets less total liabilities) * 100. Calculated based on data sourced from CMS HCRIS database.
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(ROE) Net profits after taxes divided by equity investment.
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Return on Equity is another profitability ratio which gauges return on investment by measuring how effectively stockholder money is being employed by the company.
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Net income divided by total equity. Measures profitability by showing how efficiently invested capital is being used.
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Net income expressed as a percentage of average total equity. This percentage measures profitability by expressing how efficiently invested capital or equity is being utilized.
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Net income divided by total equity. Measures profitability by showing how efficiently invested capital is being used.
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Return on Equity or RoE is a way of measuring a company’s profitability by looking at net income compared to the amount of money that shareholders have invested. RoE = Net income after tax / sharehold [..]
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Essentially capturing how effectively management are using shareholder funds, it is a measure of company profitability. Rights issue
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A measure of the profitability of a company. Effectively, how much profit a company generates with the money shareholders have invested. For example, if a company's equity is valued at £10 millio [..]
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Net income divided by total equity. Measures profitability by showing how efficiently invested capital is being used. RIDER
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A measure of the profitability of a company. Effectively, how much profit a company generates with the money shareholders have invested. For example, if a company's equity is valued at £10 million and it makes a profit of £1 million, the return on equity or ROE is 10%.
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Profitability measure constructed by Compustat as the ratio of the company's net income to shareholder's equity (total assets minus liabilities).
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The return on equity is the net result as percentage of the average equity.
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Profit after tax in relation to average equity, calculated on a rolling 12-month basis.
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A financial term indicating the ratio of net profit to shareholders' equity.
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Net income divided by total equity. Measures profitability by showing how efficiently invested capital is being used.
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Earnings divided by net assets.return on inventory investment (ROII): 
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after tax income (latest 12 months) divided by shareholder’s equity (from balance sheet).
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Net income divided by shareholders' equity: a measure of the net income that a firm is able to earn as a percent of stockholders' investment.
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 – Earnings divided by book value, displayed as a percentage. It is a measure of a company’s profitability.
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Last twelve months (LTM) earnings from total operations (not including extraordinary items) divided by the Most Recent Quarter Common Stock Equity.
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The product of the most recent 12 months of income (after taxes) divided by a shareholder’s equity.
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Acronym: ROE. Ratio of earnings (net income excluding minority interests) to net asset value. The ROE indicates a company's earnings situation and is comparable to interest on a financial investm [..]
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Measures a corporation's profitability by revealing how much profit a company generates with the money shareholders have invested.
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Return on Equity is another profitability ratio which gauges return on investment by measuring how effectively stockholder money is being employed by the company.
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The percentage that the annual cash flow after debt service is of the equity in the property. Annual Cash Flow - Debt Service - Equity
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A ratio calculated by dividing common stock equity (net worth) at the beginning of the accounting period into net income for the period after preferred stock dividends, but before common stock dividen [..]
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Indicator of profitability. Determined by dividing net income for the past 12 months by common stockholder equity (adjusted for stock splits). Result is shown as a percentage. Investors use ROE as a m [..]
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The return on equity (ROE) is a measure of the profitability of a business in relation to the equity. Because shareholder's equity can be calculated by taking all assets and subtracting all liabilitie [..]
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Return on equity is usually defined as net income divided by (average) common equity.
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