Monsanto Co (XSWX:MOO) Return-on-Tangible-Equity : 272.20% (As of Feb. 2018)

Monsanto Co Return-on-Tangible-Equity Chart

Monsanto Co Annual Data
	Trend	Aug08	Aug09	Aug10	Aug11	Aug12	Aug13	Aug14	Aug15	Aug16	Aug17
Return-on-Tangible-Equity		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					32.45	55.05	133.08	272.17	635.43

Monsanto Co Quarterly Data
	May13	Aug13	Nov13	Feb14	May14	Aug14	Nov14	Feb15	May15	Aug15	Nov15	Feb16	May16	Aug16	Nov16	Feb17	May17	Aug17	Nov17	Feb18
Return-on-Tangible-Equity	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															Negative Tangible Equity	351.32	5.69	48.10	272.20

Competitive Comparison of Monsanto Co's Return-on-Tangible-Equity

For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, Monsanto Co'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.

Monsanto Co's Return-on-Tangible-Equity Distribution in the Agriculture Industry

For the Agriculture industry and Basic Materials sector, Monsanto Co's Return-on-Tangible-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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

Monsanto Co Return-on-Tangible-Equity Calculation

Monsanto Co's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2017 is calculated as

Monsanto Co's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2018 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 (Feb. 2018) net income data. Return-on-Tangible-Equity is displayed in the 10-year financial page.

Monsanto Co  (XSWX:MOO) 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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