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Foster Wheeler AG (FRA:FWI) Total Assets : €1,956 Mil (As of Sep. 2014)


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What is Foster Wheeler AG Total Assets?

Foster Wheeler AG's Total Assets for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was €1,956 Mil.

During the past 12 months, Foster Wheeler AG's average Total Assets Growth Rate was -3.70% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Total Assets Growth Rate was 2.50% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Total Assets Growth Rate was 0.50% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Total Assets Growth Rate was 2.10% per year.

During the past 13 years, Foster Wheeler AG's highest 3-Year average Total Assets Growth Rate was 20.40%. The lowest was -15.70%. And the median was -0.40%.

Total Assets is connected with ROA %. Foster Wheeler AG's annualized ROA % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was 4.04%. Total Assets is also linked to Revenue through Asset Turnover. Foster Wheeler AG's Asset Turnover for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was 0.34.


Foster Wheeler AG Total Assets Historical Data

The historical data trend for Foster Wheeler AG's Total Assets 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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Foster Wheeler AG Total Assets Chart

Foster Wheeler AG Annual Data
Trend Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13
Total Assets
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2,186.79 2,331.16 1,986.55 2,083.25 2,000.40

Foster Wheeler AG Quarterly Data
Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14
Total Assets 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 1,981.40 2,000.40 1,968.00 1,957.44 1,956.23

Foster Wheeler AG Total Assets Calculation

Total Assets are all the assets a company owns.

From the capital sources of the assets, some of the assets are funded through shareholder's paid in capital and retained earnings of the business. Others are funded through borrowed money.

Foster Wheeler AG's Total Assets for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as

Total Assets=Total Equity (A: Dec. 2013 )+Total Liabilities (A: Dec. 2013 )
=11.435+1988.964
=2,000

Foster Wheeler AG's Total Assets for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 is calculated as

Total Assets=Total Equity (Q: Sep. 2014 )+Total Liabilities (Q: Sep. 2014 )
=666.049+1290.181
=1,956

* 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.


Foster Wheeler AG  (FRA:FWI) Total Assets Explanation

Total Assets is connected with ROA %.

Foster Wheeler AG's annualized ROA % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 is

ROA %=Net Income (Q: Sep. 2014 )/( (Total Assets (Q: Jun. 2014 )+Total Assets (Q: Sep. 2014 ))/ count )
=78.964/( (1957.441+1956.23)/ 2 )
=78.964/1956.8355
=4.04 %

Note: The Net Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Sep. 2014) data.

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Total Assets is linked to total revenue through Asset Turnover.

Foster Wheeler AG's Asset Turnover for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 is

Asset Turnover
=Revenue (Q: Sep. 2014 )/( (Total Assets (Q: Jun. 2014 )+Total Assets (Q: Sep. 2014 ))/ count )
=667.143/( (1957.441+1956.23)/ 2 )
=667.143/1956.8355
=0.34

* 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.

Therefore, if a company grows its Total Assets faster than its Revenue, the Asset Turnover will decline. This might be a warning sign for the business.

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Foster Wheeler AG (FRA:FWI) Business Description

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Foster Wheeler AG was formed in 1927. The Company, with its subsidiaries, is a provider of construction and engineering services. The Company serves the oil and gas, oil refining, chemical and petrochemical, environmental, power generation, and power plant operation and maintenance industries. The Company operates through two business groups: its Global Engineering and Construction Group (Global E&C Group) and its Global Power Group. The Global E&C Group operates and designs, engineers, and constructs onshore and offshore upstream oil and gas processing facilities, natural gas liquefaction facilities and receiving terminals, gas-to-liquids facilities, oil refining, pharmaceutical and biotechnology facilities and related infrastructure, power generation and distribution facilities, and gasification facilities. The group provides engineering, project management and construction management services, and also designs facilities in new or developing market sectors, such as carbon capture and storage, solid fuel-fired integrated gasification combined-cycle power plants, coal-to-liquids, coal-to-chemicals and biofuels. The Global E&C Group additionally performs environmental remediation services. The Global Power Group designs, manufactures and installs steam generators and auxiliary equipment for electric power generating stations, district heating and power plants and industrial facilities. It offers new and retrofit nitrogen-oxide reduction systems, and provides site services related to these products, including construction and erection, maintenance engineering, plant upgrading, and life extensions. The Global Power Group conducts research and development in the areas of combustion, solid, fluid, and gas dynamics, heat transfer, materials, and solid mechanics. Further, this group owns and operates independent power production and waste-to-energy facilities, as well as power generation facilities for the process and petrochemical industries. Companies that compete with Global E&C Group include but are not limited to the following: Bechtel Corporation; Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V.; Chiyoda Corporation; Fluor Corporation; Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.; JGC Corporation; KBR, Inc.; Saipem S.p.A.; Technip; Técnicas Reunidas, SA; and WorleyParsons Ltd. Companies that compete with Global Power Group include but are not limited to the following: Alstom Power S.A.; Andritz Group AG; The Babcock & Wilcox Company; Babcock Power Inc.; Dongfang Boiler Works (a subsidiary of Dong Fang Electric Corporation); Doosan-Babcock; Harbin Boiler Co., Ltd.; Hitachi, Ltd.; Metso Corporation; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.; and Shanghai Boiler Works Ltd. The operations are subject to certain federal, state and local environmental, occupational health and product safety laws.

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