What is Lionbridge Technologies 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. Lionbridge Technologies's annualizedNet Income for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 was $10.6 Mil. Lionbridge Technologies's average total tangible assets for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 was $181.6 Mil. Therefore, Lionbridge Technologies's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Asset for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 was 5.86%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Lionbridge Technologies's Return-on-Tangible-Asset or its related term are showing as below:
LIOX's Return-on-Tangible-Asset is not ranked *
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 4.17 * Ranked among companies with meaningful Return-on-Tangible-Asset only.
Lionbridge Technologies Return-on-Tangible-Asset Historical Data
The historical data trend for Lionbridge Technologies'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.
Competitive Comparison of Lionbridge Technologies's Return-on-Tangible-Asset
For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Lionbridge Technologies'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.
Lionbridge Technologies's Return-on-Tangible-Asset Distribution in the Business Services Industry
For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Lionbridge Technologies's Return-on-Tangible-Asset distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Lionbridge Technologies's Return-on-Tangible-Asset falls into.
* 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 (Sep. 2016) net income data.
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 companys 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 companys 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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Lionbridge Technologies (Lionbridge Technologies) Business Description
Lionbridge Technologies Inc was incorporated in Delaware in September 1996. The Company is a provider of globalization solutions. The Company provides translation, online marketing, content management and application testing solutions that ensure local relevancy, brand consistency and technical usability. The Company has three operating segments: Global Language and Content or GLC, Global Enterprise Solutions or GES, and Interpretation. Through its GLC solutions, Company translates, localizes and adapts clients content and products to meet the language, cultural, technical and industry-specific requirements of users in local markets throughout the world. As part of its GLC solutions, Company also provides digital marketing services, creates and translates technical documentation for clients who market to and support customers in markets and provides engineering and drafting services. Through its GES solutions, Company tests software and online search results to help clients deliver high-quality, relevant applications in markets. The Companys GES solutions ensure the quality, usability and relevance of clients software, search engines, technology products, web applications, and content globally. As part of its GES offering, Company also provides specialized business process crowdsourcing services including search relevance testing, in-country testing for mobile devices, and data management solutions. In Interpretation segment, Company offers telephonic, onsite and simultaneous interpretation services in over 360 languages to federal, state and local government agencies, businesses and healthcare organizations that require experienced linguists to facilitate communication. Its competitors include: SDL International plc, Translations.com, Digitas, Wunderman, Tag, Hogarth and Accenture, among others.
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