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CounterPath (TSX:PATH) Return-on-Tangible-Equity : Negative Tangible Equity% (As of Oct. 2020)


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What is CounterPath 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. CounterPath's annualized net income for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2020 was C$0.40 Mil. CounterPath's average shareholder tangible equity for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2020 was C$-3.96 Mil. Therefore, CounterPath's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2020 was Negative Tangible Equity%.

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

TSX:PATH's Return-on-Tangible-Equity is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 8.015
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Return-on-Tangible-Equity only.

CounterPath Return-on-Tangible-Equity Historical Data

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

CounterPath Annual Data
Trend Apr11 Apr12 Apr13 Apr14 Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20
Return-on-Tangible-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -116.73 -193.33 -368.46 - -

CounterPath Quarterly Data
Jan16 Apr16 Jul16 Oct16 Jan17 Apr17 Jul17 Oct17 Jan18 Apr18 Jul18 Oct18 Jan19 Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20
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 - - Negative Tangible Equity Negative Tangible Equity Negative Tangible Equity

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

For the Software - Application subindustry, CounterPath'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.


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

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

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



CounterPath Return-on-Tangible-Equity Calculation

CounterPath's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2020 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(A: Apr. 2020 )  (A: Apr. 2019 )(A: Apr. 2020 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets )/ count )
(A: Apr. 2020 )  (A: Apr. 2019 )(A: Apr. 2020 )
=-1.541/( (-4.728+-6.322 )/ 2 )
=-1.541/-5.525
=N/A %

CounterPath's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2020 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(Q: Oct. 2020 )  (Q: Jul. 2020 )(Q: Oct. 2020 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets)/ count )
(Q: Oct. 2020 )  (Q: Jul. 2020 )(Q: Oct. 2020 )
=0.4/( (-4.229+-3.699)/ 2 )
=0.4/-3.964
=Negative Tangible Equity %

* 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 (Oct. 2020) net income data. Return-on-Tangible-Equity is displayed in the 10-year financial page.


CounterPath  (TSX:PATH) 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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CounterPath (TSX:PATH) Business Description

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505 Burrard Street, Suite 300, One Bentall Centre, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V7X 1M3
CounterPath Corp designs develop and sell software and services that enable enterprises and telecommunication service providers to deliver Unified Communications (UC) services, including voice, video, messaging, and collaboration functionality. Its activities consisted primarily of selling IP telephony software and related services to telecom service providers, enterprises, and channel partners serving the telecom and enterprise segments.