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Fuel Tech (FRA:FUE1) Return-on-Tangible-Asset : 2.38% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Fuel Tech Return-on-Tangible-Asset?

Return-on-Tangible-Asset is calculated as Net Income divided by its average total tangible assets. Total tangible assets equals to Total Assets minus Intangible Assets. Fuel Tech's annualized Net Income for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €1.04 Mil. Fuel Tech's average total tangible assets for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €43.58 Mil. Therefore, Fuel Tech's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Asset for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 2.38%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Fuel Tech's Return-on-Tangible-Asset or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:FUE1' s Return-on-Tangible-Asset Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -28.83   Med: -16.14   Max: 0.14
Current: -1.77

During the past 13 years, Fuel Tech's highest Return-on-Tangible-Asset was 0.14%. The lowest was -28.83%. And the median was -16.14%.

FRA:FUE1's Return-on-Tangible-Asset is ranked worse than
79.75% of 3022 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 3.77 vs FRA:FUE1: -1.77

Fuel Tech Return-on-Tangible-Asset Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fuel Tech's Return-on-Tangible-Asset 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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Fuel Tech Return-on-Tangible-Asset Chart

Fuel Tech Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Return-on-Tangible-Asset
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -20.69 -14.57 0.15 -3.13 -3.17

Fuel Tech Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Return-on-Tangible-Asset 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 -3.46 -8.75 3.90 -4.45 2.38

Competitive Comparison of Fuel Tech's Return-on-Tangible-Asset

For the Pollution & Treatment Controls subindustry, Fuel Tech's Return-on-Tangible-Asset, along with its competitors' market caps and Return-on-Tangible-Asset 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.


Fuel Tech's Return-on-Tangible-Asset Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Fuel Tech's Return-on-Tangible-Asset distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Fuel Tech's Return-on-Tangible-Asset falls into.



Fuel Tech Return-on-Tangible-Asset Calculation

Fuel Tech's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Asset for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Return-on-Tangible-Asset=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Assets+Total Tangible Assets)/ count )
(A: Dec. 2023 )  (A: Dec. 2022 )(A: Dec. 2023 )
=Net Income/( (Total Assets - Intangible Assets+Total Assets - Intangible Assets)/ count )
(A: Dec. 2023 )  (A: Dec. 2022 )(A: Dec. 2023 )
=-1.41/( (44.945+43.937)/ 2 )
=-1.41/44.441
=-3.17 %

Fuel Tech's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Asset for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

Return-on-Tangible-Asset=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Assets+Total Tangible Assets)/ count )
(Q: Mar. 2024 )  (Q: Dec. 2023 )(Q: Mar. 2024 )
=Net Income/( (Total Assets - Intangible Assets+Total Assets - Intangible Assets)/ count )
(Q: Mar. 2024 )  (Q: Dec. 2023 )(Q: Mar. 2024 )
=1.036/( (43.937+43.228)/ 2 )
=1.036/43.5825
=2.38 %

* 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 Return-on-Tangible-Asset, the net income of the last fiscal year and the average total tangible assets over the fiscal year are used. In calculating the quarterly data, the Net Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2024) net income data.


Fuel Tech  (FRA:FUE1) Return-on-Tangible-Asset Explanation

Return-on-Tangible-Asset measures the rate of return on the average total tangible assets (total assets minus intangible assets). Tangible means physical in nature. Intangible Assets are assets that are not physical in nature, and typically "derive their value from legal or intellectual rights." Return-on-Tangible-Asset measures a firm's efficiency at generating profits from its tangible assets. It shows how well a company uses what it has to generate earnings. Return-on-Tangible-Assets can vary drastically across industries. Therefore, Return-on-Tangible-Asset should not be used to compare companies in different industries.


Be Aware

Like ROE and ROA, Return-on-Tangible-Asset 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. Return-on-Tangible-Asset can be affected by events such as stock buyback or issuance, and by a company’s tax rate and its interest payment. Return-on-Tangible-Asset 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 Return-on-Tangible-Asset may indicate vulnerability in the durability of the competitive advantage.


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Fuel Tech (FRA:FUE1) Business Description

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Address
27601 Bella Vista Parkway, Warrenville, IL, USA, 60555-1617
Fuel Tech Inc is an technology provider of boiler optimization, efficiency improvement, and air pollution reduction to utility and industrial customers. The company operates in two segments, Air Pollution Control and Fuel Chem. The Air Pollution Control technology segment includes technologies to reduce NOx emissions in flue gas from boilers, incinerators, furnaces and other stationary combustion sources. TheFuel Chem technology segment uses chemical processes in combination with advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics and Chemical Kinetics Modeling boiler modeling for the control of slagging, fouling, corrosion, opacity and other sulfur trioxide-related issues in furnaces and boilers through the addition of chemicals into the furnace using TIFI Targeted In-Furnace Injection technology.

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