Noble Investments (UK) (LSE:NBL) Return-on-Tangible-Equity : 4.33% (As of Feb. 2013)

Noble Investments (UK) Return-on-Tangible-Equity Chart

Noble Investments (UK) Annual Data
	Trend	Aug03	Aug04	Aug05	Aug06	Aug07	Aug08	Aug09	Aug10	Aug11	Aug12
Return-on-Tangible-Equity		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					11.88	12.02	12.42	16.69	18.03

Noble Investments (UK) Semi-Annual Data
	Aug03	Feb04	Aug04	Feb05	Aug05	Feb06	Aug06	Feb07	Aug07	Feb08	Aug08	Feb09	Aug09	Feb10	Aug10	Feb11	Aug11	Feb12	Aug12	Feb13
Return-on-Tangible-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															17.03	16.68	23.89	11.98	4.33

Competitive Comparison of Noble Investments (UK)'s Return-on-Tangible-Equity

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Noble Investments (UK)'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.

Noble Investments (UK)'s Return-on-Tangible-Equity Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Noble Investments (UK)'s Return-on-Tangible-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Noble Investments (UK)'s Return-on-Tangible-Equity falls into.

Noble Investments (UK) Return-on-Tangible-Equity Calculation

Noble Investments (UK)'s annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2012 is calculated as

Noble Investments (UK)'s annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2013 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 two times the semi-annual (Feb. 2013) net income data. Return-on-Tangible-Equity is displayed in the 10-year financial page.

Noble Investments (UK)  (LSE:NBL) 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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