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Veresen (TSX:VSN.PR.A.PFD) Return-on-Tangible-Equity : 22.92% (As of Jun. 2017)


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What is Veresen 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. Veresen's annualized net income for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2017 was C$628.00 Mil. Veresen's average shareholder tangible equity for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2017 was C$2,740.00 Mil. Therefore, Veresen's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2017 was 22.92%.

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

TSX:VSN.PR.A.PFD' s Return-on-Tangible-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.68   Med: 6.14   Max: 12.13
Current: 5.84

During the past 13 years, Veresen's highest Return-on-Tangible-Equity was 12.13%. The lowest was -0.68%. And the median was 6.14%.

TSX:VSN.PR.A.PFD's Return-on-Tangible-Equity is not ranked
in the Oil & Gas industry.
Industry Median: 8.96 vs TSX:VSN.PR.A.PFD: 5.84

Veresen Return-on-Tangible-Equity Historical Data

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

Veresen Annual Data
Trend Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16
Return-on-Tangible-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.91 7.63 4.37 3.17 0.20

Veresen Quarterly Data
Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17
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 2.32 3.62 -6.93 7.68 22.92

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

For the Oil & Gas Midstream subindustry, Veresen'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.


Veresen's Return-on-Tangible-Equity Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Veresen's Return-on-Tangible-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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



Veresen Return-on-Tangible-Equity Calculation

Veresen's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2016 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(A: Dec. 2016 )  (A: Dec. 2015 )(A: Dec. 2016 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets )/ count )
(A: Dec. 2016 )  (A: Dec. 2015 )(A: Dec. 2016 )
=6/( (3078+2786 )/ 2 )
=6/2932
=0.20 %

Veresen's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2017 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(Q: Jun. 2017 )  (Q: Mar. 2017 )(Q: Jun. 2017 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets)/ count )
(Q: Jun. 2017 )  (Q: Mar. 2017 )(Q: Jun. 2017 )
=628/( (2736+2744)/ 2 )
=628/2740
=22.92 %

* 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 (Jun. 2017) net income data. Return-on-Tangible-Equity is displayed in the 10-year financial page.


Veresen  (TSX:VSN.PR.A.PFD) 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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Veresen (TSX:VSN.PR.A.PFD) Business Description

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Veresen Inc is an energy infrastructure company based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It owns and operates energy infrastructure assets across North America. The Company operates in three business segments, Pipelines, Midstream, and Power. The Company's Pipelines segment owns a 1,330-kilometre pipeline system that transports purity ethane from various Alberta ethane extraction plants to Alberta's major petrochemical complexes located near Joffre and Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta; and also owns a 3,000-kilometre natural gas pipeline comprised of a mainline and various connecting lateral pipelines. This pipeline extends from northeastern B.C. to points near Chicago, Illinois. It's Midstream Business segment is comprised of two natural gas processing plants with combined functional capacity of 516 mmcf/d, as well as approximately 40,000 horsepower of compression and 370 km of gas gathering lines and is located in the Cutbank Ridge region of Alberta and British Columbia. The Hythe plant processes both sour and sweet natural gas, while the Steeprock plant is a sour gas processing facility. While, its Power Business segment operates, a Gas-Fired Generation facility consisting of an 86-MW cogeneration facility located in Windsor, Ontario; 17-MW cogeneration facility located in London, Ontario; 49-MW cogeneration facility located in Ripon, California; 44-MW cogeneration facility located in Pomona, California; and 70-MW combined cycle power cogeneration facility located in Brush, Colorado; an district energy system that produces and distributes steam and chilled water fueled primarily by natural gas, located in London, Ontario; and a district energy system that produces and distributes steam, hot water and electricity fueled primarily by biomass and waste fuel, located in Charlottetown, P.E.I.; a Run-of-River Hydro facility that produces a 33-MW run-of-river hydroelectric power located on the Black River near Watertown, New York; an 11-MW run-of-river power facility located 30 km north of Vancouver, B.C.; two 5-MW waste-heat power generation facilities located at Spectra pipeline's 150 Mile House and Savona, B.C. compressor stations; and a 33-MW wind project under construction in the County of Huron, Ontario; and also operates two wind power facilities, 9-MW and 11-MW, respectively, near Grand Valley, Ontario.

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