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Ambassadors Group (Ambassadors Group) ROE % : 134.41% (As of Jun. 2015)


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What is Ambassadors Group ROE %?

ROE % is calculated as Net Income divided by its average Total Stockholders Equity over a certain period of time. Ambassadors Group's annualized net income for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was $52.86 Mil. Ambassadors Group's average Total Stockholders Equity over the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was $39.33 Mil. Therefore, Ambassadors Group's annualized ROE % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was 134.41%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Ambassadors Group's ROE % or its related term are showing as below:

EPAX's ROE % is not ranked *
in the Education industry.
Industry Median: 5.84
* Ranked among companies with meaningful ROE % only.

Ambassadors Group ROE % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ambassadors Group's ROE % 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.

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Ambassadors Group ROE % Chart

Ambassadors Group Annual Data
Trend Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14
ROE %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.17 3.63 2.45 -11.69 -36.90

Ambassadors Group Quarterly Data
Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15
ROE % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -35.45 20.07 -75.17 -74.47 134.41

Competitive Comparison of Ambassadors Group's ROE %

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Ambassadors Group's ROE %, along with its competitors' market caps and ROE % 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.


Ambassadors Group's ROE % Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Ambassadors Group's ROE % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ambassadors Group's ROE % falls into.



Ambassadors Group ROE % Calculation

Ambassadors Group's annualized ROE % for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as

ROE %=Net Income (A: Dec. 2014 )/( (Total Stockholders Equity (A: Dec. 2013 )+Total Stockholders Equity (A: Dec. 2014 ))/ count )
=-17.542/( (55.908+39.16)/ 2 )
=-17.542/47.534
=-36.90 %

Ambassadors Group's annualized ROE % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 is calculated as

ROE %=Net Income (Q: Jun. 2015 )/( (Total Stockholders Equity (Q: Mar. 2015 )+Total Stockholders Equity (Q: Jun. 2015 ))/ count )
=52.856/( (31.874+46.777)/ 2 )
=52.856/39.3255
=134.41 %

* 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 ROE %, the net income of the last fiscal year and the average total shareholder equity over the fiscal year are used. In calculating the quarterly data, the net income data used here is four times the quarterly (Jun. 2015) net income data. ROE % is displayed in the 30-year financial page.


Ambassadors Group  (OTCPK:EPAX) ROE % Explanation

ROE % measures the rate of return on the ownership interest (shareholder's equity) of the common stock owners. It measures a firm's efficiency at generating profits from every unit of shareholders' equity (also known as net assets or assets minus liabilities). ROE % shows how well a company uses investment funds to generate earnings growth. ROE %s between 15% and 20% are considered desirable.

The factors that affect a company's ROE % can be illustrated with the three-step DuPont Analysis:

ROE %(Q: Jun. 2015 )
=Net Income/Total Stockholders Equity
=52.856/39.3255
=(Net Income / Revenue )*(Revenue / Total Assets)*(Total Assets / Total Stockholders Equity)
=(52.856 / 77.924)*(77.924 / 86.2545)*(86.2545 / 39.3255)
=Net Margin %*Asset Turnover*Equity Multiplier
=67.83 %*0.9034*2.1933
=ROA %*Equity Multiplier
=61.28 %*2.1933
=134.41 %

With this breakdown, it is clear that if a company grows its Net Profit Margin, its Asset Turnover, or its Leverage, it can grow its ROE %.

The factors that affect a company's ROE % can also be illustrated with the five-step DuPont Analysis:

ROE %(Q: Jun. 2015 )
=Net Income/Total Stockholders Equity
=52.856/39.3255
=(Net Income / Pre-Tax Income) * (Pre-Tax Income / Operating Income) * (Operating Income / Revenue) * (Revenue / Total Assets) * (Total Assets / Total Stockholders Equity)
= (52.856 / 52.856) * (52.856 / 52.468) * (52.468 / 77.924) * (77.924 / 86.2545) * (86.2545 / 39.3255)
= Tax Burden * Interest Burden * Operating Margin % * Asset Turnover * Equity Multiplier
= 1 * 1.0074 * 67.33 % * 0.9034 * 2.1933
=134.41 %

Note: The net income data used here is four times the quarterly (Jun. 2015) net income data. The Revenue data used here is four times the quarterly (Jun. 2015) revenue data. The same rule applies to Pre-Tax Income and Operating Income.
* In the five-step DuPont Analysis, Operating Income is only available for non-financial companies. Thus, for Insurance companies, we use EBIT as a substitution of Operating Income. For Banks, both Operating Income and EBIT is unavailable. Thus we combined Interest Burden and Operating Margin % into Pretax Margin %, and the DuPont Analysis is divided into four components instead.

* 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

Net Income is used.

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the equity multiplier when investing in high ROE % companies. Like ROA %, ROE % is calculated with only 12 months data. Fluctuations in company's earnings or business cycles can affect the ratio drastically. It is important to look at the ratio from a long term perspective.

Asset light businesses require very few assets to generate very high earnings. Their ROE %s can be extremely high.


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Ambassadors Group (Ambassadors Group) Business Description

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Ambassadors Group Inc was founded in 1967 and reincorporated in Delaware in 1995. The Company along with its subsidiaries is a provider of educational travel experiences and online education research materials. Its operations are organized in two reporting segments: Ambassador Programs and Other, which provide educational travel services through multiple destinations within several travel program types and corporate overhead; and BookRags, which provides online research capabilities through book summaries, critical essays, online study guides, lesson plans, biographies, and references to encyclopedia articles. Its educational travel programs offer both domestic U.S. destinations as well as international travel destinations, including, but not limited to Europe, Australia, China, Japan, South Africa, India, Costa Rica, and Antarctica. This direct to consumer travel business consists of specialized private-label educational travel programs that seek to educate, inspire intellectual exchange, and develop the cultural and global intelligence of its participants. In 2013, 18,251 delegates, including students from 46 different countries, traveled on its programs to 37 countries on all seven continents. Founded in 1999, BookRags originally began as a source for online book summaries and notes that has grown to include a variety of additional content including critical essays, study guides, lesson plans, teacher resources, film summaries, biographies, literary criticisms, and references to encyclopedia articles. It competes with other companies that provide similar educational travel programs, professional travel and adult continuing education programs, activity camps and summer camps, as well as independent programs organized and sponsored by local teachers with the assistance of local travel agents.
Executives
Philip B Livingston director, officer: CEO 1241 EAST MAIN ST, STAMFORD CT 06902
Miller Lloyd I Iii 10 percent owner
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