{"id":822,"date":"2009-11-12T13:32:41","date_gmt":"2009-11-12T08:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.niftylivecharts.com\/blog\/?p=822"},"modified":"2009-11-12T13:32:41","modified_gmt":"2009-11-12T08:02:41","slug":"what-is-return-on-equity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.niftylivecharts.com\/blog\/what-is-return-on-equity\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Return on Equity?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Return on Equity (ROE, Return on average common equity, return on net worth, Return on ordinary shareholders&#8217; funds) (requity) measures the rate of return on the ownership interest (shareholders&#8217; equity) of the common stock owners. It measures a firm&#8217;s efficiency at generating profits from every unit of shareholders&#8217; equity (also known as net assets or assets minus liabilities). ROE shows how well a company uses investment funds to generate earnings growth.<\/p>\n<p>Return on Equity (ROE) is used to measure how much profit a company is able to generate from the money invested by shareholders. Think of this way; if your teenager asked to borrow $1,000 to start-up a small side business then chances are you would comply. When they came back to ask for $10,000 you would examine how well they performed with the initial $1,000 before making the next loan. It makes such good sense that you might wonder why more people don&#8217;t use this handy little measure before pouring massive sums into a money pit masking as a company.<\/p>\n<p>Join the ranks of those in the know. ROE is easy to compute and provides valuable insight into the workings of the company. Think twice before investing in a company with a negative ROE. Instead, search out self-sustaining companies with a healthy ROE that indicates the willingness and ability to use invested dollars for future growth rather than operating expenses. A good ROE is 15% or better so keep your eyes &#8211; and ears &#8211; open for opportunity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ROE is expressed as a percentage and calculated as:<\/strong><br \/>\nReturn on Equity = Net Income\/Shareholder&#8217;s Equity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Return on Equity (ROE, Return on average common equity, return on net worth, Return on ordinary shareholders&#8217; funds) (requity) measures the rate of return on the ownership interest (shareholders&#8217; equity) of the common stock owners. It measures a firm&#8217;s efficiency at generating profits from every unit of shareholders&#8217; equity (also known as net assets or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2664,2665,2668,2670,2667,2672,2671,2669,2666,2662,2663],"class_list":{"0":"post-822","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-general","7":"tag-common-equity","8":"tag-equity","9":"tag-equity-capital","10":"tag-equity-investing","11":"tag-equity-investments","12":"tag-equity-market","13":"tag-equity-securities","14":"tag-equity-trading","15":"tag-investment-in-equity","16":"tag-return-on-equity-roe","17":"tag-roe","18":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.niftylivecharts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.niftylivecharts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.niftylivecharts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftylivecharts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftylivecharts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftylivecharts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.niftylivecharts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftylivecharts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.niftylivecharts.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}