Return On Equity - ROE

DEFINITION of 'Return On Equity - ROE'

The amount of net income returned as a percentage of shareholders equity. Return on equity measures a corporation's profitability by revealing how much profit a company generates with the money shareholders have invested.

ROE is expressed as a percentage and calculated as:

Return on Equity = Net Income/Shareholder's Equity

Net income is for the full fiscal year (before dividends paid to common stock holders but after dividends to preferred stock.) Shareholder's equity does not include preferred shares.
Also known as "return on net worth" (RONW).

Name ROE (%) DIGI [s] 325 BAT 161 ASTRO 80 CARLSBG 78 NESTLE [s] 63 IOICORP [s] 60 DLADY [s] 56 BJTOTO 51 GAB 49 AMWAY [s] 47 BJAUTO [s] 46 BJFOOD 43 DKSH [s] 37 WELLCAL 34 MAXIS [s] 34 AEONCR 33 WPRTS [s] 31 INARI [s] 30 SCICOM [s] 28 SUNWAY [s] 28 BURSA 27 HUAYANG [s] 26 MATRIX [s] 26 TAMBUN [s] 25 ELSOFT [s] 25 TAKAFUL [s] 25 VITROX [s] 25 UCHITEC [s] 23 GDEX [s] 23 HUPSENG [s] 23 SEAL [s] 23 DELEUM [s] 22 HOMERIZ [s] 22 L&G [s] 22 PADINI [s] 21 DAYANG [s] 21 GTRONIC [s] 21 KAREX 20