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Advantest (Advantest) Return-on-Tangible-Equity : 28.93% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Advantest 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. Advantest's annualized net income for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $589 Mil. Advantest's average shareholder tangible equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,036 Mil. Therefore, Advantest's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 28.93%.

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

ADTTF' s Return-on-Tangible-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -48.05   Med: 26.5   Max: 54.08
Current: 28.18

During the past 13 years, Advantest's highest Return-on-Tangible-Equity was 54.08%. The lowest was -48.05%. And the median was 26.50%.

ADTTF's Return-on-Tangible-Equity is ranked better than
91.39% of 964 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 4.95 vs ADTTF: 28.18

Advantest Return-on-Tangible-Equity Historical Data

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

Advantest Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Return-on-Tangible-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 39.69 30.80 34.21 38.32 51.25

Advantest Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 49.96 48.44 13.00 22.92 28.93

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

For the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials subindustry, Advantest'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.


Advantest's Return-on-Tangible-Equity Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

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

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



Advantest Return-on-Tangible-Equity Calculation

Advantest's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(A: Mar. 2023 )  (A: Mar. 2022 )(A: Mar. 2023 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets )/ count )
(A: Mar. 2023 )  (A: Mar. 2022 )(A: Mar. 2023 )
=975.578/( (1765.21+2041.884 )/ 2 )
=975.578/1903.547
=51.25 %

Advantest's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(Q: Dec. 2023 )  (Q: Sep. 2023 )(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets)/ count )
(Q: Dec. 2023 )  (Q: Sep. 2023 )(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=589.104/( (1986.466+2086.156)/ 2 )
=589.104/2036.311
=28.93 %

* 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 (Dec. 2023) net income data. Return-on-Tangible-Equity is displayed in the 10-year financial page.


Advantest  (OTCPK:ADTTF) 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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Advantest (Advantest) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1-6-2, Marunouchi, Shin-Marunouchi Center Building, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 100-0005
Advantest Corp is a Japan-based company that manufactures and distributes semiconductor test systems and mechatronic products for applications in testing and measurement, healthcare, nanotechnology and other end markets. The firm's product portfolio includes integrated circuit test systems, e-beam lithography, scanning electron microscopy metrology, solid state drive test systems, terahertz spectroscopy, and other electronic measuring instruments. The firm has operations in Japan, the United States, Europe, Singapore, China, Taiwan, and Korea.

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