Water Hall Group (LSE:WTH) Return-on-Tangible-Equity : -114.25% (As of Dec. 2012)

Water Hall Group Return-on-Tangible-Equity Chart

Water Hall Group Annual Data
	Trend	Dec03	Dec04	Dec05	Dec06	Dec07	Dec08	Dec09	Dec10	Dec11	Dec12
Return-on-Tangible-Equity		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					-30.70	-21.86	2.33	-29.98	-44.89

Water Hall Group Semi-Annual Data
	Jun03	Dec03	Jun04	Dec04	Jun05	Dec05	Jun06	Dec06	Jun07	Dec07	Jun08	Dec08	Jun09	Dec09	Jun10	Dec10	Jun11	Dec11	Jun12	Dec12
Return-on-Tangible-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-1.79	-21.22	-39.05	29.10	-114.25

Competitive Comparison of Water Hall Group's Return-on-Tangible-Equity

For the Waste Management subindustry, Water Hall Group'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.

Water Hall Group's Return-on-Tangible-Equity Distribution in the Waste Management Industry

For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, Water Hall Group's Return-on-Tangible-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Water Hall Group Return-on-Tangible-Equity Calculation

Water Hall Group's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2012 is calculated as

Water Hall Group's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 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 two times the semi-annual (Dec. 2012) net income data. Return-on-Tangible-Equity is displayed in the 10-year financial page.

Water Hall Group  (LSE:WTH) 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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