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Comarco (Comarco) Return-on-Tangible-Equity : 0.00% (As of Oct. 2017)


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What is Comarco 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. Comarco's annualized net income for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2017 was $-0.80 Mil. Comarco's average shareholder tangible equity for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2017 was $-0.27 Mil. Therefore, Comarco's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2017 was N/A%.

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

CMRO's Return-on-Tangible-Equity is not ranked *
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 5.345
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Return-on-Tangible-Equity only.

Comarco Return-on-Tangible-Equity Historical Data

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

Comarco Annual Data
Trend Jan08 Jan09 Jan10 Jan11 Jan12 Jan13 Jan14 Jan15 Jan16 Jan17
Return-on-Tangible-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - Negative Tangible Equity -29,911.11 Negative Tangible Equity

Comarco Quarterly Data
Jan13 Apr13 Jul13 Oct13 Jan14 Apr14 Jul14 Oct14 Jan15 Apr15 Jul15 Oct15 Jan16 Apr16 Jul16 Oct16 Jan17 Apr17 Jul17 Oct17
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 -178.57 -323.58 -691.05 - -

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

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Comarco'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.


Comarco's Return-on-Tangible-Equity Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



Comarco Return-on-Tangible-Equity Calculation

Comarco's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2017 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(A: Jan. 2017 )  (A: Jan. 2016 )(A: Jan. 2017 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets )/ count )
(A: Jan. 2017 )  (A: Jan. 2016 )(A: Jan. 2017 )
=0.845/( (-0.648+0.237 )/ 2 )
=0.845/-0.2055
=Negative Tangible Equity %

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

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(Q: Oct. 2017 )  (Q: Jul. 2017 )(Q: Oct. 2017 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets)/ count )
(Q: Oct. 2017 )  (Q: Jul. 2017 )(Q: Oct. 2017 )
=-0.796/( (-0.169+-0.361)/ 2 )
=-0.796/-0.265
=N/A %

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


Comarco  (OTCPK:CMRO) 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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Comarco (Comarco) Business Description

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Address
28202 Cabot Road, Suite 300, Laguna Niguel, CA, USA, 92677
Comarco Inc through its subsidiaries is engaged in developing numerous technologies in the field of power adapters and chargers for portable mobile devices such as laptop computers, tablets smartphones and more. The company is focused on realizing value from its ongoing intellectual property enforcement actions and other litigation. In addition, it also explores for opportunities to expand, protect, and monetize its patent portfolio, through the sale or licensing of the patent portfolio.
Executives
Neal C Bradsher 10 percent owner
Broadwood Partners Lp 10 percent owner BROADWOOD CAPITAL INC., 142 WEST 57TH STREET, 11TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Broadwood Capital Inc 10 percent owner 142 WEST 57TH STREET, 11TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Lou Silverman director
Michael H. Mulroy director 1300 N. KELLOGG DRIVE, SUITE D, ANAHEIM CA 92807
Alisha Charlton officer: VP, Chief Accounting Officer 25541 COMMERCENTRE DRIVE, LAKE FOREST CA 92630
Marxe Austin W & Greenhouse David M 10 percent owner C/O SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUNDS, 527 MADISON AVENUE, SUITE 2600, NEW YORK NY 10022
Robert J Majteles director
Van Der Kaay Erik director C/O RF MICRO DEVICES, INC., 7628 THORNDIKE ROAD, GREENSBORO NC 27409
Don M Bailey director 1300 N. KELLOGG DRIVE, SUITE D, ANAHEIM CA 92607
Stadium Capital Partners L P other: former 10% owner 199 ELM STREET, NEW CANAAN CT 06840

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