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Asia Carbon Industries (Asia Carbon Industries) Return-on-Tangible-Equity : 6.82% (As of Jun. 2013)


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What is Asia Carbon Industries 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. Asia Carbon Industries's annualized net income for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2013 was $2.49 Mil. Asia Carbon Industries's average shareholder tangible equity for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2013 was $36.56 Mil. Therefore, Asia Carbon Industries's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2013 was 6.82%.

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

ACRB's Return-on-Tangible-Equity is not ranked *
in the Chemicals industry.
Industry Median: 5.85
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Return-on-Tangible-Equity only.

Asia Carbon Industries Return-on-Tangible-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Asia Carbon Industries'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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Asia Carbon Industries Return-on-Tangible-Equity Chart

Asia Carbon Industries Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12
Return-on-Tangible-Equity
23.12 20.57 31.31 20.44

Asia Carbon Industries Quarterly Data
Sep09 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13
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 24.16 20.67 12.44 4.38 6.82

Competitive Comparison of Asia Carbon Industries's Return-on-Tangible-Equity

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Asia Carbon Industries'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.


Asia Carbon Industries's Return-on-Tangible-Equity Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Asia Carbon Industries's Return-on-Tangible-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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



Asia Carbon Industries Return-on-Tangible-Equity Calculation

Asia Carbon Industries's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2012 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(A: Dec. 2012 )  (A: Dec. 2011 )(A: Dec. 2012 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets )/ count )
(A: Dec. 2012 )  (A: Dec. 2011 )(A: Dec. 2012 )
=6.453/( (27.776+35.357 )/ 2 )
=6.453/31.5665
=20.44 %

Asia Carbon Industries's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2013 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(Q: Jun. 2013 )  (Q: Mar. 2013 )(Q: Jun. 2013 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets)/ count )
(Q: Jun. 2013 )  (Q: Mar. 2013 )(Q: Jun. 2013 )
=2.492/( (35.888+37.223)/ 2 )
=2.492/36.5555
=6.82 %

* 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. 2013) net income data. Return-on-Tangible-Equity is displayed in the 10-year financial page.


Asia Carbon Industries  (OTCPK:ACRB) 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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Asia Carbon Industries (Asia Carbon Industries) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Xi Gu Nan Street, Qing Xu County Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, Taiyuan City, CHN, 030407
Asia Carbon Industries Inc is a United States based company, through its subsidiary, manufactures carbon black products under the Great Double Star brand and other by-products. The company manufactures one soft and two hard carbon black products, called N660, N330, and N220, respectively.

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