Rugby Estates (LSE:RES) Return-on-Tangible-Equity : -42.67% (As of Jul. 2012)

Rugby Estates Return-on-Tangible-Equity Chart

Rugby Estates Annual Data
	Trend	Jan03	Jan04	Jan05	Jan06	Jan07	Jan08	Jan09	Jan10	Jan11	Jan12
Return-on-Tangible-Equity		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					3.47	-21.73	1.07	6.61	-16.30

Rugby Estates Semi-Annual Data
	Jul03	Jan04	Jul04	Jan05	Jul05	Jan06	Jul06	Jan07	Jul07	Jan08	Jul08	Jan09	Jul09	Jan10	Jul10	Jan11	Jul11	Jan12	Jul12
Return-on-Tangible-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial														9.74	-0.11	-5.66	-26.48	-42.67

Competitive Comparison of Rugby Estates's Return-on-Tangible-Equity

For the Real Estate Services subindustry, Rugby Estates'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.

Rugby Estates's Return-on-Tangible-Equity Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, Rugby Estates's Return-on-Tangible-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Rugby Estates Return-on-Tangible-Equity Calculation

Rugby Estates's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2012 is calculated as

Rugby Estates's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2012 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 (Jul. 2012) net income data. Return-on-Tangible-Equity is displayed in the 10-year financial page.

Rugby Estates  (LSE:RES) 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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