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Billing Services Group (LSE:BILL) Return-on-Tangible-Equity : 0.86% (As of Jun. 2019)


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What is Billing Services Group 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. Billing Services Group's annualized net income for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 was £0.07 Mil. Billing Services Group's average shareholder tangible equity for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 was £8.34 Mil. Therefore, Billing Services Group's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 was 0.86%.

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

LSE:BILL' s Return-on-Tangible-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -83.94   Med: -75.57   Max: 4144.1
Current: -71.12

During the past 13 years, Billing Services Group's highest Return-on-Tangible-Equity was 4,144.10%. The lowest was -83.94%. And the median was -75.57%.

LSE:BILL's Return-on-Tangible-Equity is not ranked
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 11.95 vs LSE:BILL: -71.12

Billing Services Group Return-on-Tangible-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Billing Services Group'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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Billing Services Group Return-on-Tangible-Equity Chart

Billing Services Group Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18
Return-on-Tangible-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Negative Tangible Equity Negative Tangible Equity 4,142.65 -83.94 -75.57

Billing Services Group Semi-Annual Data
Dec09 Jun10 Dec10 Jun11 Dec11 Jun12 Dec12 Jun13 Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19
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 109.79 -211.16 -11.92 -142.10 0.86

Competitive Comparison of Billing Services Group's Return-on-Tangible-Equity

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Billing Services 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.


Billing Services Group's Return-on-Tangible-Equity Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Billing Services Group's Return-on-Tangible-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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



Billing Services Group Return-on-Tangible-Equity Calculation

Billing Services Group's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(A: Dec. 2018 )  (A: Dec. 2017 )(A: Dec. 2018 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets )/ count )
(A: Dec. 2018 )  (A: Dec. 2017 )(A: Dec. 2018 )
=-6.177/( (7.53+8.818 )/ 2 )
=-6.177/8.174
=-75.57 %

Billing Services Group's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2019 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(Q: Jun. 2019 )  (Q: Dec. 2018 )(Q: Jun. 2019 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets)/ count )
(Q: Jun. 2019 )  (Q: Dec. 2018 )(Q: Jun. 2019 )
=0.072/( (8.818+7.869)/ 2 )
=0.072/8.3435
=0.86 %

* 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 (Jun. 2019) net income data. Return-on-Tangible-Equity is displayed in the 10-year financial page.


Billing Services Group  (LSE:BILL) 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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Billing Services Group (LSE:BILL) Business Description

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Address
22 Victoria Street, Canon’s Court, Hamilton, BMU, HM 12
Billing Services Group Ltd is focused on payment solutions. The company offers a powerful suite of financial clearinghouse services for merchants, online stores, and telecommunications companies. Its services include local exchange carrier (LEC) phone clearing, billing and settlement solutions, toll clearing services, a Wi-Fi wholesale settlement solution, and VoiceLog Third Party Verification. The company generates a majority of revenue from LEC billing. Its geographical segment includes North America and Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The company derives the maximum revenue from North America.

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