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Covisint (Covisint) Return-on-Tangible-Equity : 26.73% (As of Mar. 2017)


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What is Covisint Return-on-Tangible-Equity?

Return-on-Tangible-Equity is calculated as Net Income divided by its average total shareholder tangible equity. Total shareholder tangible equity equals to Total Stockholders Equity minus Intangible Assets. Covisint's annualized net income for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 was $6.36 Mil. Covisint's average shareholder tangible equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 was $23.78 Mil. Therefore, Covisint's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 was 26.73%.

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

COVS's Return-on-Tangible-Equity is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 7.945
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Return-on-Tangible-Equity only.

Covisint Return-on-Tangible-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Covisint's Return-on-Tangible-Equity 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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Covisint Return-on-Tangible-Equity Chart

Covisint Annual Data
Trend Mar10 Mar11 Mar12 Mar13 Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17
Return-on-Tangible-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - -154.21 -78.30 -37.35 -42.77

Covisint Quarterly Data
Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17
Return-on-Tangible-Equity 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 -1.27 -62.09 -70.11 -72.56 26.73

Competitive Comparison of Covisint's Return-on-Tangible-Equity

For the Software - Application subindustry, Covisint's Return-on-Tangible-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Return-on-Tangible-Equity 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.


Covisint's Return-on-Tangible-Equity Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Covisint's Return-on-Tangible-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Covisint's Return-on-Tangible-Equity falls into.



Covisint Return-on-Tangible-Equity Calculation

Covisint's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2017 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(A: Mar. 2017 )  (A: Mar. 2016 )(A: Mar. 2017 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets )/ count )
(A: Mar. 2017 )  (A: Mar. 2016 )(A: Mar. 2017 )
=-12.726/( (34.438+25.066 )/ 2 )
=-12.726/29.752
=-42.77 %

Covisint's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(Q: Mar. 2017 )  (Q: Dec. 2016 )(Q: Mar. 2017 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets)/ count )
(Q: Mar. 2017 )  (Q: Dec. 2016 )(Q: Mar. 2017 )
=6.356/( (22.49+25.066)/ 2 )
=6.356/23.778
=26.73 %

* 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-Equity, the net income of the last fiscal year and the average total shareholder tangible equity over the fiscal year are used. In calculating the quarterly data, the net income data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2017) net income data. Return-on-Tangible-Equity is displayed in the 10-year financial page.


Covisint  (NAS:COVS) Return-on-Tangible-Equity Explanation

Return-on-Tangible-Equity measures the rate of return on the ownership interest (shareholder's tangible equity) of the common stock owners. It measures a firm's efficiency at generating profits from every unit of shareholders' tangible equity (shareholders equity minus intangibles). Return-on-Tangible-Equity shows how well a company uses investment funds to generate earnings growth. Return-on-Tangible-Equitys between 15% and 20% are considered desirable.


Be Aware

Net Income is used.

Because a company can increase its Return-on-Tangible-Equity by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high Return-on-Tangible-Equity companies. Like Return-on-Tangible-Asset, Return-on-Tangible-Equity 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 Return-on-Tangible-Equitys can be extremely high.


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Covisint (Covisint) Business Description

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Covisint Corp incorporated in April 2008 provides a cloud Platform for the development of identity-centric and IoT solutions. It packages and markets the Covisint Cloud Platform as three different offerings namely, The Covisint Identity Platform, The Covisint IoT Platform, and The Covisint Connected Vehicle Platform. The Covisint Platform offers a complete and tightly integrated set of technologies for one purpose- to enable trusted information sharing and secure interactions across people, systems and things. It offer these capabilities via the public cloud, and exposed via APIs, to enable developers to create custom solutions to transform their businesses.
Executives
William O Grabe director C/O COMPUWARE CORP, DETROIT MI 48226
John F. Smith director ONE DAUCH DR., DETROIT MI 48211
Dr. Homaira Akbari director 13410 SUTTON PARK DRIVE SOUTH, JACKSONVILLE FL 32224

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