ROA % is calculated as Net Income divided by its average Total Assets over a certain period of time. HomeAway's annualizedNet Income for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2015 was $41.7 Mil.
HomeAway's average Total Assets over the quarter that ended in Sep. 2015 was $1,603.3 Mil. Therefore, HomeAway's annualized ROA % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2015 was 2.60%.
The historical rank and industry rank for HomeAway's ROA % or its related term are showing as below:
AWAY's ROA % is not ranked *
in the Interactive Media industry.
Industry Median: -1.56 * Ranked among companies with meaningful ROA % only.
HomeAway ROA % Historical Data
The historical data trend for HomeAway's ROA % can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, HomeAway's ROA %, along with its competitors' market caps and ROA % data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
HomeAway's ROA % Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry
For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, HomeAway's ROA % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where HomeAway's ROA % falls into.
HomeAway ROA % Calculation
HomeAway's annualized ROA % for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
In the calculation of annual ROA %, the net income of the last fiscal year and the average total assets over the fiscal year are used. In calculating the quarterly data,
the Net Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Sep. 2015) net income data.
ROA % is displayed in the 30-year financial page.
HomeAway (NAS:AWAY) ROA % Explanation
ROA % measures the rate of return on the total assets (shareholder equity plus liabilities). It measures a firm's efficiency at generating profits from shareholders' equity plus its liabilities. ROA % shows how well a company uses what it has to generate earnings. ROA %s can vary drastically across industries. Therefore, ROA % should not be used to compare companies in different industries. For retailers, a ROA % of higher than 5% is expected. For example, Wal-Mart (WMT) has a ROA % of about 8% as of 2012. For banks, ROA % is close to their interest spread. A banks ROA % is typically well under 2%.
Similar to ROE, ROA % is affected by profit margins and asset turnover. This can be seen from the Du Pont Formula:
Note:
The Net Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Sep. 2015) net income data. The Revenue data used here is four times the quarterly (Sep. 2015) revenue data.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Be Aware
Like ROE, ROA % is calculated with only 12 months data. Fluctuations in the company's earnings or business cycles can affect the ratio drastically. It is important to look at the ratio from a long term perspective. ROA % can be affected by events such as stock buyback or issuance, and by goodwill, a company's tax rate and its interest payment. ROA % may not reflect the true earning power of the assets. A more accurate measurement is ROC % (ROC).
Many analysts argue the higher return the better. Buffett states that really high ROA % may indicate vulnerability in the durability of the competitive advantage.
E.g. Raising $43b to take on KO is impossible, but $1.7b to take on Moody's is. Although Moody's ROA % and underlying economics is far superior to Coca Cola, the durability is far weaker because of lower entry cost.
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HomeAway, Inc., was incorporated in 2004 as CEH Holdings, Inc. in the State of Delaware. In 2006, the Company changed its name to HomeAway, Inc. The Company operates as an online marketplace for the vacation rental industry. Vacation rentals are fully furnished, privately owned residential properties, including homes, condominiums, villas and cabins that can be rented on a nightly, weekly or monthly basis. The Company's marketplace brings together millions of travelers seeking vacation rentals online with hundreds of thousands of owners and managers of vacation rental properties located in over 145 countries around the world. Its ambition is to make every vacation rental in the world available to every traveler in the world through its online marketplace. The Company's Products and Services includes Paid Listings. Paid listings appear in search results on websites when travelers search for vacation rentals based on location, type of property, size or other characteristics. A paid listing provides the property owner or manager with a set of tools for managing an availability calendar, reservations, inquiries and the content of the listing; Transaction-Based Listings: The Company offers property managers with large inventories of vacation rentals the opportunity to post listings for no initial up-front fees and, instead, charge fees based on the number of inquiries and online reservations that result from their listing on its websites; Property Management Software: Property managers can use Company's enterprise software solutions to manage their businesses, customers and properties. It provides software solutions to property managers under the brand names Escapia, PropertyPlus, V12, Entech and First Resort and offer software tailored to professional. Its strategies to achieve goal includes: Increase the Size of Marketplace by Providing the Online Experience: It intends to build on its market scale by providing the online experience for travelers, property owners and managers. For travelers, the Company will leverage the scale and scope of the current listings on marketplace, the latest web technologies and own innovations in user interface, visual design, features and functionality; Bring More Choice and Value to Property Owners, Managers and Traveler. It derives its revenue from paid listings from its property owners and managers. The Company's customers generally pay for their listings at the beginning of the listing term, and revenue is recognized monthly over the term of the listing, which is generally one year.
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