SPOI (SPO Networks) Return-on-Tangible-Equity: 0.00% (As of May. 2006)

SPO Networks  (OTCPK:SPOI) 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.

SPO Networks Return-on-Tangible-Equity Related Terms

The historical data trend for SPO Networks'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.

SPO Networks Return-on-Tangible-Equity Chart

SPO Networks Quarterly Data
	Dec01	Mar02	Jun02	Sep02	Dec02	Mar03	Jun03	Nov03	Feb04	May04	Aug04	Nov04	Feb05	May05	Aug05	Nov05	Feb06	May06
Return-on-Tangible-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial													289.72	-171.24	-292.08	-409.26	0.00

SPOI vs GKIT, GPVRF, SORL: Return-on-Tangible-Equity Comparison

For the Shell Companies subindustry, SPO Networks'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.

SPO Networks Return-on-Tangible-Equity vs Diversified Financial Services Industry

For the Diversified Financial Services industry and Financial Services sector, SPO Networks's Return-on-Tangible-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

SPO Networks Return-on-Tangible-Equity Calculation

SPO Networks's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the fiscal year that ended in May. 2005 is calculated as

SPO Networks's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in May. 2006 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 four times the quarterly (May. 2006) net income data. Return-on-Tangible-Equity is displayed in the 10-year financial page.

SPO Networks Business Description