DST Systems (DST Systems) Total Assets : $2,938 Mil (As of Dec. 2017)

DST Systems Total Assets Chart

DST Systems Annual Data
	Trend	Dec08	Dec09	Dec10	Dec11	Dec12	Dec13	Dec14	Dec15	Dec16	Dec17
Total Assets		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					3,090.50	2,942.90	2,813.20	2,771.80	2,938.20

DST Systems Quarterly Data
	Mar13	Jun13	Sep13	Dec13	Mar14	Jun14	Sep14	Dec14	Mar15	Jun15	Sep15	Dec15	Mar16	Jun16	Sep16	Dec16	Mar17	Jun17	Sep17	Dec17
Total Assets	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															2,771.80	3,031.70	2,964.90	3,002.20	2,938.20

DST Systems Total Assets Calculation

Total Assets are all the assets a company owns.

From the capital sources of the assets, some of the assets are funded through shareholder's paid in capital and retained earnings of the business. Others are funded through borrowed money.

DST Systems's Total Assets for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2017 is calculated as

DST Systems's Total Assets for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2017 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.

DST Systems  (NYSE:DST) Total Assets Explanation

Total Assets is connected with ROA %.

DST Systems's annualized ROA % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2017 is

Note: The Net Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2017) data.

In the article Joining The Dark Side: Pirates, Spies and Short Sellers, James Montier reported that In their US sample covering the period 1968-2003, Cooper et al find that firms with low asset growth outperformed firms with high asset growth by an astounding 20% p.a. equally weighted. Even when controlling for market, size and style, low asset growth firms outperformed high asset growth firms by 13% p.a. Therefore a company with fast asset growth may underperform.

Total Assets is linked to total revenue through Asset Turnover.

DST Systems's Asset Turnover for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2017 is

* 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.

Therefore, if a company grows its Total Assets faster than its Revenue, the Asset Turnover will decline. This might be a warning sign for the business.

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