Smiths Group (FRA:QS2A) Return-on-Tangible-Equity : 31.51% (As of Jan. 2024)

Smiths Group Return-on-Tangible-Equity Chart

Smiths Group Annual Data
	Trend	Jul14	Jul15	Jul16	Jul17	Jul18	Jul19	Jul20	Jul21	Jul22	Jul23
Return-on-Tangible-Equity		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					50.57	35.61	34.03	102.93	23.25

Smiths Group Semi-Annual Data
	Jul14	Jan15	Jul15	Jan16	Jul16	Jan17	Jul17	Jan18	Jul18	Jan19	Jul19	Jan20	Jul20	Jan21	Jul21	Jan22	Jul22	Jan23	Jul23	Jan24
Return-on-Tangible-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															177.75	-12.80	21.44	28.34	31.51

Competitive Comparison of Smiths Group's Return-on-Tangible-Equity

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Smiths Group'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.

Smiths Group's Return-on-Tangible-Equity Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Smiths Group's Return-on-Tangible-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Smiths Group Return-on-Tangible-Equity Calculation

Smiths Group's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2023 is calculated as

Smiths Group's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 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 two times the semi-annual (Jan. 2024) net income data. Return-on-Tangible-Equity is displayed in the 10-year financial page.

Smiths Group  (FRA:QS2A) 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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