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Return on investment (ROI)
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Return on investment (ROI)The amount earned in direct proportion to the capital invested.
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Capital
1) Assets used for the production of profits and wealth. 2) Owner's equity in a business.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Return
The change in the value of a portfolio over an evaluation period, including any distributions made from the portfolio during that period.
Return if exercised
The return that a covered call writer would make if the underlying stock were called away.
Return of capital
A cash distribution resulting from the sale of a capital asset, or securities, or tax breaks from depreciation.
Return on assets (ROA)
Indicator of profitability. Determined by dividing net income for the past 12 months by total average assets. Result is shown as a percentage.
Return on capital employed (ROCE)
Indicator of profitability of the firm's capital investments. Determined by dividing Earnings Before Interest and Taxes by (capital employed plus short-term loans minus intangible assets).
Return on equity (ROE)
Indicator of profitability. Determined by dividing net income for the past 12 months by common stockholder equity (adjusted for stock splits).
Return on sales
A measurement of operational efficiency equaling net pre-tax profits divided by net sales expressed as a percentage.
Return on sales or profit margin
Sales revenue minus all operating expenses divided by the number of sales.
Return on total assets
The ratio of earnings available to common stockholders to total assets.
Return to maturity expectations
A variant of pure expectations theory that suggests that the return an investor will realize by rolling over short-term bonds to some investment horizon will be the same as holding a zero-coupon bond with a maturity that is the same as that investment horizon.
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Return if exercised
The return that a covered call writer would make if the underlying stock were called away.
Return of capital
A cash distribution resulting from the sale of a capital asset, or securities, or tax breaks from depreciation.
Return on assets (ROA)
Indicator of profitability. Determined by dividing net income for the past 12 months by total average assets. Result is shown as a percentage.
Return on capital employed (ROCE)
Indicator of profitability of the firm's capital investments. Determined by dividing Earnings Before Interest and Taxes by (capital employed plus short-term loans minus intangible assets).
Return on equity (ROE)
Indicator of profitability. Determined by dividing net income for the past 12 months by common stockholder equity (adjusted for stock splits).
Return on investment (ROI)
Return on sales
A measurement of operational efficiency equaling net pre-tax profits divided by net sales expressed as a percentage.
Return on sales or profit margin
Sales revenue minus all operating expenses divided by the number of sales.
Return on total assets
The ratio of earnings available to common stockholders to total assets.
Return to maturity expectations
A variant of pure expectations theory that suggests that the return an investor will realize by rolling over short-term bonds to some investment horizon will be the same as holding a zero-coupon bond with a maturity that is the same as that investment horizon.
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RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Capital
1) Assets used for the production of profits and wealth. 2) Owner's equity in a business.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Return
The change in the value of a portfolio over an evaluation period, including any distributions made from the portfolio during that period.
Return if exercised
The return that a covered call writer would make if the underlying stock were called away.
Return of capital
A cash distribution resulting from the sale of a capital asset, or securities, or tax breaks from depreciation.
Return on assets (ROA)
Indicator of profitability. Determined by dividing net income for the past 12 months by total average assets. Result is shown as a percentage.
Return on capital employed (ROCE)
Indicator of profitability of the firm's capital investments. Determined by dividing Earnings Before Interest and Taxes by (capital employed plus short-term loans minus intangible assets).
Return on equity (ROE)
Indicator of profitability. Determined by dividing net income for the past 12 months by common stockholder equity (adjusted for stock splits).
Return on sales
A measurement of operational efficiency equaling net pre-tax profits divided by net sales expressed as a percentage.
Return on sales or profit margin
Sales revenue minus all operating expenses divided by the number of sales.
Return on total assets
The ratio of earnings available to common stockholders to total assets.
Return to maturity expectations
A variant of pure expectations theory that suggests that the return an investor will realize by rolling over short-term bonds to some investment horizon will be the same as holding a zero-coupon bond with a maturity that is the same as that investment horizon.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Return if exercised
The return that a covered call writer would make if the underlying stock were called away.
Return of capital
A cash distribution resulting from the sale of a capital asset, or securities, or tax breaks from depreciation.
Return on assets (ROA)
Indicator of profitability. Determined by dividing net income for the past 12 months by total average assets. Result is shown as a percentage.
Return on capital employed (ROCE)
Indicator of profitability of the firm's capital investments. Determined by dividing Earnings Before Interest and Taxes by (capital employed plus short-term loans minus intangible assets).
Return on equity (ROE)
Indicator of profitability. Determined by dividing net income for the past 12 months by common stockholder equity (adjusted for stock splits).
Return on investment (ROI)
Return on sales
A measurement of operational efficiency equaling net pre-tax profits divided by net sales expressed as a percentage.
Return on sales or profit margin
Sales revenue minus all operating expenses divided by the number of sales.
Return on total assets
The ratio of earnings available to common stockholders to total assets.
Return to maturity expectations
A variant of pure expectations theory that suggests that the return an investor will realize by rolling over short-term bonds to some investment horizon will be the same as holding a zero-coupon bond with a maturity that is the same as that investment horizon.
Reuters
International news and quotation service based in London.
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