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Information Services (TSX:ISC) Return-on-Tangible-Equity : Negative Tangible Equity% (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Information Services 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. Information Services's annualized net income for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was C$29.9 Mil. Information Services's average shareholder tangible equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was C$-253.3 Mil. Therefore, Information Services's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was Negative Tangible Equity%.

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

TSX:ISC' s Return-on-Tangible-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 25.9   Med: 81.15   Max: 2683.63
Current: Negative Tangible Equity

During the past 13 years, Information Services's highest Return-on-Tangible-Equity was 2,683.63%. The lowest was 25.90%. And the median was 81.15%.

TSX:ISC's Return-on-Tangible-Equity is ranked better than
99.9% of 989 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 11.19 vs TSX:ISC: Negative Tangible Equity

Information Services Return-on-Tangible-Equity Historical Data

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

Information Services Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Return-on-Tangible-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2,683.63 Negative Tangible Equity Negative Tangible Equity Negative Tangible Equity Negative Tangible Equity

Information Services Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 Negative Tangible Equity Negative Tangible Equity Negative Tangible Equity Negative Tangible Equity Negative Tangible Equity

Competitive Comparison of Information Services's Return-on-Tangible-Equity

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Information Services'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.


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

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

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


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Information Services Return-on-Tangible-Equity Calculation

Information Services's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(A: Dec. 2024 )  (A: Dec. 2023 )(A: Dec. 2024 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets )/ count )
(A: Dec. 2024 )  (A: Dec. 2023 )(A: Dec. 2024 )
=20.241/( (-284.257+-256.656 )/ 2 )
=20.241/-270.4565
=Negative Tangible Equity %

Information Services's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(Q: Mar. 2025 )  (Q: Dec. 2024 )(Q: Mar. 2025 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets)/ count )
(Q: Mar. 2025 )  (Q: Dec. 2024 )(Q: Mar. 2025 )
=29.944/( (-256.656+-249.926)/ 2 )
=29.944/-253.291
=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 four times the quarterly (Mar. 2025) net income data. Return-on-Tangible-Equity is displayed in the 10-year financial page.


Information Services  (TSX:ISC) 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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Information Services Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
10 Research Drive, Suite 300, Regina, SK, CAN, S4S 7J7
Information Services Corp is a Canada-based provider of registry and information management services for public data and records. The company has three segments namely Registry Operations, Services and Technology Solutions. The Registries segment involves the provision of registry and information services and solutions to governments and private sector organizations. The Services segment provides products and services that utilize public records and data to provide value to customers in the financial and legal sectors. Technology Solutions provides the development, delivery and support of registry (and related) technology solutions. The company derives maximum revenue from Registry Operations segment.

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