ROA % is calculated as Net Income divided by its average Total Assets over a certain period of time. Alliance Fiber Optic Products's annualizedNet Income for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2016 was $-2.14 Mil.
Alliance Fiber Optic Products's average Total Assets over the quarter that ended in Mar. 2016 was $80.19 Mil. Therefore, Alliance Fiber Optic Products's annualized ROA % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2016 was -2.67%.
The historical rank and industry rank for Alliance Fiber Optic Products's ROA % or its related term are showing as below:
AFOP's ROA % is not ranked *
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 2.23 * Ranked among companies with meaningful ROA % only.
Alliance Fiber Optic Products ROA % Historical Data
* 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.
Competitive Comparison of Alliance Fiber Optic Products's ROA %
For the Electronic Components subindustry, Alliance Fiber Optic Products's ROA %, along with its competitors' market caps and ROA % 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.
Alliance Fiber Optic Products's ROA % Distribution in the Hardware Industry
For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Alliance Fiber Optic Products's ROA % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Alliance Fiber Optic Products's ROA % 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 ROA %, the net income of the last fiscal year and the average total assets over the fiscal year are used. In calculating the quarterly data,
the Net Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2016) net income data.
ROA % is displayed in the 30-year financial page.
ROA % measures the rate of return on the total assets (shareholder equity plus liabilities). It measures a firm's efficiency at generating profits from shareholders' equity plus its liabilities. ROA % shows how well a company uses what it has to generate earnings. ROA %s can vary drastically across industries. Therefore, ROA % should not be used to compare companies in different industries. For retailers, a ROA % of higher than 5% is expected. For example, Wal-Mart (WMT) has a ROA % of about 8% as of 2012. For banks, ROA % is close to their interest spread. A banks ROA % is typically well under 2%.
Similar to ROE, ROA % is affected by profit margins and asset turnover. This can be seen from the Du Pont Formula:
Note:
The Net Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2016) net income data. The Revenue data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2016) revenue data.
* 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.
Be Aware
Like ROE, ROA % is calculated with only 12 months data. Fluctuations in the company's earnings or business cycles can affect the ratio drastically. It is important to look at the ratio from a long term perspective. ROA % can be affected by events such as stock buyback or issuance, and by goodwill, a company's tax rate and its interest payment. ROA % may not reflect the true earning power of the assets. A more accurate measurement is ROC % (ROC).
Many analysts argue the higher return the better. Buffett states that really high ROA % may indicate vulnerability in the durability of the competitive advantage.
E.g. Raising $43b to take on KO is impossible, but $1.7b to take on Moody's is. Although Moody's ROA % and underlying economics is far superior to Coca Cola, the durability is far weaker because of lower entry cost.
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Alliance Fiber Optic Products (Alliance Fiber Optic Products) Business Description
Alliance Fiber Optic Products Inc was incorporated in California on December 12, 1995. The Company designs, manufactures and markets fiber optic components and integrated modules incorporating these components, for communications equipment manufacturers and service providers. The Company products including interconnect devices that are used to connect optical fibers and components, couplers and splitters that are used to divide and combine optical power, and dense wavelength division multiplexing, or DWDM, devices that separate and combine multiple specific wavelengths. Its lines of optical products support the needs of current and next generation optical network systems applications. Its connectivity product family provides a comprehensive line of optical interconnect devices, couplers and splitters, PLC (planar lightwave circuits) and related optical products, as well as customized integrated modules incorporating these devices. Its optical passive products include WDM, CWDM and DWDM components and modules that utilize thin film filter technologies to separate optical signals, variable attenuators, optical switches and other optical devices utilizing micro optic lensing technology including integrated electro-optical modules incorporating these products. It sells its products to communications equipment manufacturers in the United States and also maintain a sales support staff in Taiwan to service customers based in the Asia Pacific region. The Companys main competitors in the components market include JDS Uniphase Corp., Oclaro Inc., Oplink Communications, Inc., Senko Advanced Components and TE Connectivity.
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