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Dixons Retail (LSE:DXNS) Return-on-Tangible-Equity : Negative Tangible Equity% (As of Apr. 2014)


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What is Dixons Retail 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. Dixons Retail's annualized net income for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2014 was £28 Mil. Dixons Retail's average shareholder tangible equity for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2014 was £-666 Mil. Therefore, Dixons Retail's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2014 was Negative Tangible Equity%.

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

During the past 13 years, Dixons Retail's highest Return-on-Tangible-Equity was 76.37%. The lowest was 0.00%. And the median was 32.36%.

LSE:DXNS's Return-on-Tangible-Equity is not ranked *
in the Retail - Cyclical industry.
Industry Median: 7.13
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Return-on-Tangible-Equity only.

Dixons Retail Return-on-Tangible-Equity Historical Data

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

Dixons Retail Annual Data
Trend Apr05 Apr06 Apr07 May08 Apr09 Apr10 Apr11 Apr12 Apr13 Apr14
Return-on-Tangible-Equity
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Dixons Retail Semi-Annual Data
Oct07 Oct08 Apr09 Oct09 Apr10 Oct10 Apr11 Oct11 Apr12 Oct12 Apr13 Oct13 Apr14
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Competitive Comparison of Dixons Retail's Return-on-Tangible-Equity

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Dixons Retail'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.


Dixons Retail's Return-on-Tangible-Equity Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Dixons Retail's Return-on-Tangible-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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



Dixons Retail Return-on-Tangible-Equity Calculation

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

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(A: Apr. 2014 )  (A: Apr. 2013 )(A: Apr. 2014 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets )/ count )
(A: Apr. 2014 )  (A: Apr. 2013 )(A: Apr. 2014 )
=-69.5/( (-623.3+-644.9 )/ 2 )
=-69.5/-634.1
=N/A %

Dixons Retail's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2014 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(Q: Apr. 2014 )  (Q: Oct. 2013 )(Q: Apr. 2014 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets)/ count )
(Q: Apr. 2014 )  (Q: Oct. 2013 )(Q: Apr. 2014 )
=28/( (-686.8+-644.9)/ 2 )
=28/-665.85
=Negative Tangible Equity %

* 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 (Apr. 2014) net income data. Return-on-Tangible-Equity is displayed in the 10-year financial page.


Dixons Retail  (LSE:DXNS) 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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Dixons Retail (LSE:DXNS) Business Description

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Dixons Retail PLC is an electrical retailer and service company which sell consumer electronics, personal computers, domestic appliances, photographic equipment, communication products and related services. The Group's reportable segments are; UK & Ireland comprises of electrical and computing retail chains as well as business to business activities. The division is engaged in multi-channel retail sales, associated peripherals and services and related financial and after sales services and also in business to business sales of computer hardware and software; Nordics operates in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands. The division engages in multi-channel retail sales and provided related product support services to its customers; Other International comprises operations in Italy, Greece, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Turkey and the business to be closed in Spain which is excluded from underlying results. The Other International division engages in retail sales and provides related product support services to its customers in all of its markets; and Pure play e-commerce comprises pure play online retailers and operates in all of the countries in which the other divisions operate and across Europe.

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