Zep (FRA:14Z) Return-on-Tangible-Equity : Negative Tangible Equity% (As of Feb. 2015)

Zep Return-on-Tangible-Equity Chart

Zep Annual Data
	Trend	Aug05	Aug06	Aug07	Aug08	Aug09	Aug10	Aug11	Aug12	Aug13	Aug14
Return-on-Tangible-Equity		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					24.99	83.03	254.29	Negative Tangible Equity	Negative Tangible Equity

Zep Quarterly Data
	May10	Aug10	Nov10	Feb11	May11	Aug11	Nov11	Feb12	May12	Aug12	Nov12	Feb13	May13	Aug13	Nov13	Feb14	May14	Aug14	Nov14	Feb15
Return-on-Tangible-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-	Negative Tangible Equity	Negative Tangible Equity	Negative Tangible Equity	Negative Tangible Equity

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

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Zep'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.

Zep's Return-on-Tangible-Equity Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

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

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

Zep Return-on-Tangible-Equity Calculation

Zep's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2014 is calculated as

Zep's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2015 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 (Feb. 2015) net income data. Return-on-Tangible-Equity is displayed in the 10-year financial page.

Zep  (FRA:14Z) 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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