Canal Capital (Canal Capital) Return-on-Tangible-Equity : 164.76% (As of Jul. 2012)

Canal Capital Return-on-Tangible-Equity Chart

Canal Capital Annual Data
	Trend	Oct02	Oct03	Oct04	Oct05	Oct06	Oct07	Oct08	Oct09	Oct10	Oct11
Return-on-Tangible-Equity		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					-69.78	-6.52	34.94	46.61	-68.93

Canal Capital Quarterly Data
	Oct07	Jan08	Apr08	Jul08	Oct08	Jan09	Apr09	Jul09	Oct09	Jan10	Apr10	Jul10	Oct10	Jan11	Apr11	Jul11	Oct11	Jan12	Apr12	Jul12
Return-on-Tangible-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-426.43	-369.61	2.82	71.16	164.76

Competitive Comparison of Canal Capital's Return-on-Tangible-Equity

For the Real Estate - Development subindustry, Canal Capital'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.

Canal Capital's Return-on-Tangible-Equity Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, Canal Capital's Return-on-Tangible-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Canal Capital Return-on-Tangible-Equity Calculation

Canal Capital's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2011 is calculated as

Canal Capital's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2012 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.

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 (Jul. 2012) net income data. Return-on-Tangible-Equity is displayed in the 10-year financial page.

Canal Capital  (OTCPK:COWP) 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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