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Quest Water GlobalQWTR +53.85% Return-on-Tangible-Equity is 0.00% as of Sep. 2025. The stock has 1 warning sign investors should review. Among 2,969 Industrial Products companies, Quest Water Global ranks worse than 33681.34% on this metric.
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. Quest Water Global's annualized net income for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2025 was $-1.16 Mil. Quest Water Global's average shareholder tangible equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2025 was $-2.84 Mil. Therefore, Quest Water Global's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2025 was N/A%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Quest Water Global's Return-on-Tangible-Equity or its related term are showing as below:
QWTR's Return-on-Tangible-Equity is not ranked *
in the Industrial Products industry.
Industry Median: 6.72 * Ranked among companies with meaningful Return-on-Tangible-Equity only.
Quest Water Global (OTCPK:QWTR) 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.
Quest Water Global Return-on-Tangible-Equity Related Terms
Quest Water Global Return-on-Tangible-Equity Historical Data
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The historical data trend for Quest Water Global'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.
Quest Water Global Return-on-Tangible-Equity Chart
QWTR vs DEVSF, DNDDF, BNET: Return-on-Tangible-Equity Comparison
For the Pollution & Treatment Controls subindustry, Quest Water Global'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.
Quest Water Global Return-on-Tangible-Equity vs Industrial Products Industry
For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Quest Water Global's Return-on-Tangible-Equity distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Quest Water Global's Return-on-Tangible-Equity falls into.
* 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 (Sep. 2025) net income data.
Return-on-Tangible-Equity is displayed in the 10-year financial page.
What does a Return-on-Tangible-Equity of 0.00% mean?
Quest Water Global (QWTR) has a Return-on-Tangible-Equity of 0.00% as of Sep. 2025. Return on tangible equity is the ratio of current-period net income to average two-period tangible equity. View historical data on Quest Water Global and its competitors. According to the industry distribution chart, Quest Water Global ranks #999999 out of 2969 companies in the Industrial Products industry.
Is Quest Water Global's Return-on-Tangible-Equity too high?
Quest Water Global's current Return-on-Tangible-Equity is 0.00%. Based on the distribution chart, Quest Water Global ranks #999999 out of 2969 companies in the Industrial Products industry, which is in the bottom quartile relative to peers.
How does Quest Water Global's Return-on-Tangible-Equity compare to DEVSF and DNDDF?
According to the Industrial Products industry distribution chart, Quest Water Global ranks #999999 out of 2969 companies for Return-on-Tangible-Equity. This places Quest Water Global in the lower half of its industry. The industry median Return-on-Tangible-Equity is 6.72. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Return-on-Tangible-Equity for an Industrial Products company?
The median Return-on-Tangible-Equity among Industrial Products companies is 6.72, based on 2,969 companies in the industry. Companies in the top quartile (top 25%) have a Return-on-Tangible-Equity significantly above this median, while those in the bottom quartile fall well below. However, Return-on-Tangible-Equity should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Return-on-Tangible-Equity mean?
A high Return-on-Tangible-Equity can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Return on tangible equity is the ratio of current-period net income to average two-period tangible equity. View historical data on Quest Water Global and its competitors. For the Industrial Products industry, the median Return-on-Tangible-Equity is 6.72 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. Quest Water Global's current Return-on-Tangible-Equity is 0.00%. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Quest Water Global stock overvalued right now?
Quest Water Global (QWTR) has a current Return-on-Tangible-Equity of 0.00%. The current Return-on-Tangible-Equity is 0.00%. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Return-on-Tangible-Equity calculated?
Return-on-Tangible-Equity is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Quest Water Global (QWTR), the current Return-on-Tangible-Equity is 0.00% as of Sep. 2025. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.
Quest Water Global Inc is engaged in the pollution and treatment controls business sector. The company provides various solutions to water-scarce regions. The Company has only one operating segment which is the construction and distribution of water equipment that provides drinking water to areas of the world where water and/or infrastructure is scarce. The company's product portfolio consists of AQUAtap, which is a self-contained, solar-powered, decentralized water purification and distribution system, and WEPS (Water Extraction and Purification Systems), which provide water-scarce regions with an alternate, sustainable, pure source of water, AQUAguard, AQUAcube, AquaTap, and others.
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