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. Cynosure's annualized net income for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2016 was $3.4 Mil. Cynosure's average shareholder tangible equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2016 was $310.8 Mil. Therefore, Cynosure's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2016 was 1.10%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Cynosure's Return-on-Tangible-Equity or its related term are showing as below:
CYNO's Return-on-Tangible-Equity is not ranked *
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry.
Industry Median: 1.99 * Ranked among companies with meaningful Return-on-Tangible-Equity only.
Cynosure Return-on-Tangible-Equity Historical Data
The historical data trend for Cynosure'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.
Competitive Comparison of Cynosure's Return-on-Tangible-Equity
For the Medical Devices subindustry, Cynosure'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.
Cynosure's Return-on-Tangible-Equity Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry
For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Cynosure's Return-on-Tangible-Equity distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Cynosure's Return-on-Tangible-Equity falls into.
Cynosure Return-on-Tangible-Equity Calculation
Cynosure's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2016 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 four times the quarterly (Dec. 2016) net income data.
Return-on-Tangible-Equity is displayed in the 10-year financial page.
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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Cynosure Inc was incorporated in July 1991. The Company develops and markets aesthetic treatment systems that enable plastic surgeons, dermatologists and other medical practitioners to perform non-invasive and minimally invasive procedures to remove hair, treat vascular and benign pigmented lesions, remove multi-colored tattoos, revitalize the skin, liquefy and remove unwanted fat through laser lipolysis, reduce cellulite, clear nails infected by toe fungus and ablate sweat glands. It has also developed an aesthetic treatment product for the home use market. The Company sells its products through a direct sales force in North America, France, Spain, the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, Korea, China, Japan and Mexico and through international distributors in approximately 120 other countries. Its product portfolio is composed of various energy sources including Alexandrite, diode, Nd:YAG, picosecond, pulse dye, and Q-switched lasers and intense pulsed light. It offers single energy source systems as well as workstations that incorporate two or more different types of lasers or pulsed light technologies. It offers multiple technologies and system alternatives at various price points depending mainly on the number and type of energy sources included in the system. Its products are designed to be easily upgradeable to add additional energy sources and handpieces, which provide its customers with technological flexibility as it expand their practices. The Company's latest innovations are SmartLipo system and PicoSure system. The Company's flagship products include Elite, Affirm/SmartSkin, Cynergy, Accolade. The Company sells its aesthetic treatment systems to the traditional physician customer base of dermatologists and plastic surgeons as well as to non-traditional physician customers who are providing aesthetic services using laser and light-based technology. Non-traditional physician customers can include primary care physicians, obstetricians and gynecologists. As of December 31, 2013, the Company owns over 60 United States patents, as well as many United States pending applications and foreign patents and pending applications. It is also joint owners with El.En. of certain patents and pending applications. The Company competes with Cutera, Solta Medical, Syneron Medical, ZELTIQ Aesthetics, Alma Lasers among others. Its products are medical devices subject to extensive and rigorous regulation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, as well as other regulatory bodies.
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