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Sprott Physical Silver Trust (TSX:PSLV) Return-on-Tangible-Equity : 27.40% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Sprott Physical Silver Trust 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. Sprott Physical Silver Trust's annualized net income for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$1,457.14 Mil. Sprott Physical Silver Trust's average shareholder tangible equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$5,318.60 Mil. Therefore, Sprott Physical Silver Trust's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 27.40%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Sprott Physical Silver Trust's Return-on-Tangible-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

TSX:PSLV' s Return-on-Tangible-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -22.09   Med: 0.69   Max: 41.48
Current: -1.33

During the past 13 years, Sprott Physical Silver Trust's highest Return-on-Tangible-Equity was 41.48%. The lowest was -22.09%. And the median was 0.69%.

TSX:PSLV's Return-on-Tangible-Equity is ranked worse than
74.9% of 1673 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 4.52 vs TSX:PSLV: -1.33

Sprott Physical Silver Trust Return-on-Tangible-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sprott Physical Silver Trust'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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Sprott Physical Silver Trust Return-on-Tangible-Equity Chart

Sprott Physical Silver Trust Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Return-on-Tangible-Equity
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Sprott Physical Silver Trust Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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Competitive Comparison of Sprott Physical Silver Trust's Return-on-Tangible-Equity

For the Asset Management subindustry, Sprott Physical Silver Trust'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.


Sprott Physical Silver Trust's Return-on-Tangible-Equity Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Sprott Physical Silver Trust's Return-on-Tangible-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sprott Physical Silver Trust's Return-on-Tangible-Equity falls into.



Sprott Physical Silver Trust Return-on-Tangible-Equity Calculation

Sprott Physical Silver Trust's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(A: Dec. 2023 )  (A: Dec. 2022 )(A: Dec. 2023 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets )/ count )
(A: Dec. 2023 )  (A: Dec. 2022 )(A: Dec. 2023 )
=-71.823/( (5557.962+5459.735 )/ 2 )
=-71.823/5508.8485
=-1.30 %

Sprott Physical Silver Trust's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(Q: Dec. 2023 )  (Q: Sep. 2023 )(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets)/ count )
(Q: Dec. 2023 )  (Q: Sep. 2023 )(Q: Dec. 2023 )
=1457.144/( (5177.468+5459.735)/ 2 )
=1457.144/5318.6015
=27.40 %

* 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 (Dec. 2023) net income data. Return-on-Tangible-Equity is displayed in the 10-year financial page.


Sprott Physical Silver Trust  (TSX:PSLV) 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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Sprott Physical Silver Trust (TSX:PSLV) Business Description

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Address
200 Bay Street, Suite 2600, South Tower, Royal Bank Plaza, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5J 2J1
Sprott Physical Silver Trust is a closed-end mutual fund trust, created to invest and hold substantially all of its assets in physical silver bullion. The Trust seeks to provide a secure, convenient, and exchange-traded investment alternative for investors interested in holding physical silver bullion without the inconvenience that is typical of a direct investment in physical silver bullion. The Trust achieves its objective by investing mainly in long-term holdings of unencumbered, fully allocated, physical silver bullion and does not speculate with regard to short-term changes in silver prices.

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