ROE % is calculated as Net Income divided by its average Total Stockholders Equity over a certain period of time. ACTA SpA's annualized net income for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2014 was £-2.75 Mil. ACTA SpA's average Total Stockholders Equity over the quarter that ended in Jun. 2014 was £0.03 Mil. Therefore, ACTA SpA's annualized ROE % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2014 was -8,220.90%.
The historical rank and industry rank for ACTA SpA's ROE % or its related term are showing as below:
LSE:ACTA'
s ROE % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2558.31 Med: -79.33 Max: -45.04
Current: -2558.31
During the past 10 years, ACTA SpA's highest ROE % was -45.04%. The lowest was -2,558.31%. And the median was -79.33%.
LSE:ACTA's ROE % is not ranked
in the Industrial Products industry.
Industry Median: 6.77
vs LSE:ACTA: -2558.31
ACTA SpA ROE % Historical Data
The historical data trend for ACTA SpA's ROE % 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.
For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, ACTA SpA'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.
ACTA SpA's ROE % Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry
For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, ACTA SpA's ROE % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where ACTA SpA's ROE % falls into.
ACTA SpA ROE % Calculation
ACTA SpA's annualized ROE % for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as
* 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 two times the semi-annual (Jun. 2014) net income data.
ROE % is displayed in the 30-year financial page.
ACTA SpA (LSE:ACTA) ROE % Explanation
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 two times the semi-annual (Jun. 2014) net income data. The Revenue data used here is two times the semi-annual (Jun. 2014) 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.
ACTA SpA ROE % Related Terms
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ACTA SpA was incorporated on 28 June 2004. The Company is engaged in the development, production and marketing of clean technology products for fuel cells and other hydrogen applications. It sells of electrolysers, of energy storage systems based on electrolysers and fuel cells, and of components based on the proprietary technology of the Company. The Company's products cover a wide range of hydrogen generators and respective stacks and components, sold in the telecommunications back-up power sector, to energy independent homes, for hydrogen supply systems and other applications.
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