ROE % measures the rate of return on the ownership interest (shareholder's equity) of the common stock owners. It measures a firm's efficiency at generating profits from every unit of shareholders' equity (also known as net assets or assets minus liabilities). ROE % shows how well a company uses investment funds to generate earnings growth. ROE %s between 15% and 20% are considered desirable.
The factors that affect a company's ROE % can be illustrated with the three-step DuPont Analysis:
Note:
The net income data used here is four times the quarterly (Oct. 2018) net income data. The Revenue data used here is four times the quarterly (Oct. 2018) revenue data. The same rule applies to Pre-Tax Income and Operating Income.
* In the five-step DuPont Analysis, Operating Income is only available for non-financial companies. Thus, for Insurance companies, we use EBIT as a substitution of Operating Income. For Banks, both Operating Income and EBIT is unavailable. Thus we combined Interest Burden and Operating Margin % into Pretax Margin %, and the DuPont Analysis is divided into four components instead.
* 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
Net Income is used.
Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the equity multiplier when investing in high ROE % companies. Like ROA %, ROE % 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 ROE %s can be extremely high.
* 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.
For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Dell-VMWare Tracking Stock's ROE %, along with its competitors' market caps and ROE % 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.
Dell-VMWare Tracking Stock ROE % vs Software Industry
For the Software industry and Technology sector, Dell-VMWare Tracking Stock's ROE % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Dell-VMWare Tracking Stock's ROE % 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 ROE %, the net income of the last fiscal year and the average total shareholder equity over the fiscal year are used. In calculating the quarterly data,
the net income data used here is four times the quarterly (Oct. 2018) net income data.
ROE % is displayed in the 30-year financial page.
Dell-VMWare Tracking Stock (XTER:12D) has a ROE % of 12.64% as of Oct. 2018. Return on equity is the ratio of current-period net income to average two-period total equity. View historical data on Dell-VMWare Tracking Stock and its competitors. This is 191% above median its historical median of 4.35. Over the past decade, Dell-VMWare Tracking Stock's ROE % has ranged from 4.35 to 9.35.
Is Dell-VMWare Tracking Stock's ROE % too high?
Dell-VMWare Tracking Stock's current ROE % of 12.64% is 191% above median its 10-year median of 4.35. Over the past 10 years, this metric has ranged from a low of 4.35 to a high of 9.35. The Software industry median ROE % is 4.72. Dell-VMWare Tracking Stock's value of 12.64% is 167.8% above this industry median.
How does Dell-VMWare Tracking Stock's ROE % compare to CA and CTXS?
Dell-VMWare Tracking Stock's ROE % of 12.64% can be compared against companies in the Software industry. The industry median ROE % is 4.72. Dell-VMWare Tracking Stock's value of 12.64% is 167.8% above this benchmark. Historically, Dell-VMWare Tracking Stock's own ROE % has ranged from 4.35 to 9.35 over the past decade. While the company's 10-year median is 4.35 vs. the industry median of 4.72, Dell-VMWare Tracking Stock has consistently been above the industry average. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good ROE % for a Software company?
The median ROE % among Software companies is 4.72, based on 2,682 companies in the industry. Companies in the top quartile (top 25%) have a ROE % significantly above this median, while those in the bottom quartile fall well below. However, ROE % should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Dell-VMWare Tracking Stock's current ROE % of 12.64% is 167.8% above the industry median. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high ROE % mean?
A high ROE % can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Return on equity is the ratio of current-period net income to average two-period total equity. View historical data on Dell-VMWare Tracking Stock and its competitors. For the Software industry, the median ROE % is 4.72 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. Dell-VMWare Tracking Stock's current ROE % is 12.64%, which is 191% above median its own 10-year median of 4.35. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Dell-VMWare Tracking Stock stock overvalued right now?
Dell-VMWare Tracking Stock (XTER:12D) has a current ROE % of 12.64%. The current ROE % is 12.64%, which is 191% above median its 10-year median of 4.35 and 167.8% above the Software industry median of 4.72. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is ROE % calculated?
ROE % is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Dell-VMWare Tracking Stock (XTER:12D), the current ROE % is 12.64% as of Oct. 2018. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.
Dell-VMWare Tracking Stock was incorporated in the state of Delaware on January 31, 2013 under the name of Denali Holding Inc. It changed its name to Dell Technologies Inc. on August 25, 2016. On September 7, 2016, a merger subsidiary of Dell Technologies merged with and into EMC Corporation, with EMC Corporation surviving the merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dell Technologies. The company has issued a tracking stock to track the performance of a portion of Dell Technologies' economic interest in the VMware business. It is an information technology company. The company offers virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions, which enable organizations to manage IT resources across complex multi-cloud, multi-device environments.
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