Ergo Science (Ergo Science) Asset Turnover : 0.28 (As of Sep. 2006)

Ergo Science Asset Turnover Chart

Ergo Science Annual Data
	Trend	Dec96	Dec97	Dec98	Dec99	Dec00	Dec01	Dec02	Dec03	Dec04	Dec05
Asset Turnover		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					-	-	1.52	0.63	0.47

Ergo Science Quarterly Data
	Dec01	Mar02	Jun02	Sep02	Dec02	Mar03	Jun03	Sep03	Dec03	Mar04	Jun04	Sep04	Dec04	Mar05	Jun05	Sep05	Dec05	Mar06	Jun06	Sep06
Asset Turnover	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.23	-	0.16	0.24	0.28

Competitive Comparison of Ergo Science's Asset Turnover

For the Staffing & Employment Services subindustry, Ergo Science's Asset Turnover, along with its competitors' market caps and Asset Turnover 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.

Ergo Science's Asset Turnover Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Ergo Science's Asset Turnover distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ergo Science's Asset Turnover falls into.

Ergo Science Asset Turnover Calculation

Asset Turnover measures how quickly a company turns over its asset through sales.

Ergo Science's Asset Turnover for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2005 is calculated as

Ergo Science's Asset Turnover for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2006 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.

Companies with low profit margins tend to have high Asset Turnover, while those with high profit margins have low Asset Turnover. Companies in the retail industry tend to have a very high turnover ratio.

Ergo Science  (GREY:ERGN) Asset Turnover Explanation

Asset Turnover is linked to ROE % through Du Pont Formula.

Ergo Science's annulized ROE % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2006 is

Note: The Net Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Sep. 2006) net income data. The Revenue data used here is four times the quarterly (Sep. 2006) revenue data.

* 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.

^** The ROE % used above is for Du Pont Analysis only. It is different from the defined ROE % page on our website, as here it uses Net Income instead of Net Income attributable to Common Stockholders in the calculation.

It is also linked to ROA % through Du Pont Formula:

Ergo Science's annulized ROA % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2006 is

Note: The Net Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Sep. 2006) net income data. The Revenue data used here is four times the quarterly (Sep. 2006) revenue data.

* 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.

Be Aware

In the article Joining The Dark Side: Pirates, Spies and Short Sellers, James Montier reported that In their US sample covering the period 1968-2003, Cooper et al find that firms with low asset growth outperformed firms with high asset growth by an astounding 20% p.a. equally weighted. Even when controlling for market, size and style, low asset growth firms outperformed high asset growth firms by 13% p.a. Therefore a company with fast asset growth may underperform.

Therefore, it is a good sign if a company's Asset Turnover is consistent or even increases. If a company's asset grows faster than sales, its Asset Turnover will decline, which can be a warning sign.

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