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ESS Tech (ESS Tech) Return-on-Tangible-Equity : -80.75% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is ESS Tech Return-on-Tangible-Equity?

Return-on-Tangible-Equity is calculated as Net Income divided by its average total shareholder tangible equity. Total shareholder tangible equity equals to Total Stockholders Equity minus Intangible Assets. ESS Tech's annualized net income for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $-73.24 Mil. ESS Tech's average shareholder tangible equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $90.70 Mil. Therefore, ESS Tech's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was -80.75%.

The historical rank and industry rank for ESS Tech's Return-on-Tangible-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

GWH' s Return-on-Tangible-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -538.29   Med: -65.91   Max: -45.58
Current: -72.91

During the past 4 years, ESS Tech's highest Return-on-Tangible-Equity was -45.58%. The lowest was -538.29%. And the median was -65.91%.

GWH's Return-on-Tangible-Equity is ranked worse than
95.97% of 2905 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 7.52 vs GWH: -72.91

ESS Tech Return-on-Tangible-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for ESS Tech's Return-on-Tangible-Equity 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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ESS Tech Return-on-Tangible-Equity Chart

ESS Tech Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Return-on-Tangible-Equity
- -538.29 -45.58 -65.91

ESS Tech Quarterly Data
Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Return-on-Tangible-Equity Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -68.92 -85.50 -63.68 -61.48 -80.75

Competitive Comparison of ESS Tech's Return-on-Tangible-Equity

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, ESS Tech'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.


ESS Tech's Return-on-Tangible-Equity Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, ESS Tech's Return-on-Tangible-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

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



ESS Tech Return-on-Tangible-Equity Calculation

ESS Tech's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(A: Dec. 2023 )  (A: Dec. 2022 )(A: Dec. 2023 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets )/ count )
(A: Dec. 2023 )  (A: Dec. 2022 )(A: Dec. 2023 )
=-77.578/( (136.974+98.434 )/ 2 )
=-77.578/117.704
=-65.91 %

ESS Tech's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(Q: Mar. 2024 )  (Q: Dec. 2023 )(Q: Mar. 2024 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets)/ count )
(Q: Mar. 2024 )  (Q: Dec. 2023 )(Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-73.24/( (98.434+82.964)/ 2 )
=-73.24/90.699
=-80.75 %

* 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 (Mar. 2024) net income data. Return-on-Tangible-Equity is displayed in the 10-year financial page.


ESS Tech  (NYSE:GWH) 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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ESS Tech (ESS Tech) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
26440 SW Parkway Avenue, Building 83, Wilsonville, OR, USA, 97070
ESS Tech Inc is a long-duration energy storage company specializing in iron flow battery technology. The company design and produce long-duration batteries predominantly using earth-abundant materials.
Executives
Harry Quarls director 14701 ST. MARY'S LANE, SUITE 275, HOUSTON TX 77079
Kyle Teamey director C/O ESS TECH INC, 26440 SW PARKWAY AVE BLDG. 83, WILSONVILLE OR 97070
Honeywell International Inc 10 percent owner 855 S. MINT STREET, CHARLOTTE NC 28202
Sandeep Nijhawan director ESS TECH, INC., 26440 SW PARKWAY AVE., BLDG 83, WILSONVILLE OR 97070
Michael R Niggli director 101 ASH STREET HQ18, SAN DIEGO CA 92101
Rich Hossfeld director C/O ESS TECH INC, 26440 SW PARKWAY AVE BLDG. 83, WILSONVILLE OR 97070
Craig E Evans director, officer: President C/O ESS TECH INC, 26440 SW PARKWAY AVE BLDG. 83, WILSONVILLE OR 97070
Eric P. Dresselhuys director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 555 BROADWAY STREET, REDWOOD CITY CA 94063
Anthony Rabb officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O ESS TECH, INC., 26440 SW PARKWAY AVE., BLDG 83, WILSONVILLE OR 97070
Amir Moftakhar officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O ESS TECH INC, 26440 SW PARKWAY AVE BLDG. 83, WILSONVILLE OR 97070
Claudia Gast director C/O GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION CORP I, 19 WEST 24TH STREET, 10TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10010
Jeff Bodner officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O ESS TECH INC, 26440 SW PARKWAY AVE BLDG. 83, WILSONVILLE CA 97070
Breakthrough Energy Investments Llc 10 percent owner 250 SUMMER STREET, 4TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02210
Julia Song officer: Chief Technology Officer C/O ESS TECH INC, 26440 SW PARKWAY AVE BLDG. 83, WILSONVILLE OR 97070
Shirley Speakman director C/O ESS TECH INC, 26440 SW PARKWAY AVE BLDG. 83, WILSONVILLE OR 97070