ROE and ROA Ratios For Accounting Summary
ROE and ROA Ratios For Accounting Summary
ROE and ROA Ratios For Accounting Summary
Return on = Net
Equity Income
Average
Stockholders’
Equity
DuPont Formula: ROE= ¿ = ¿ × Sales × Assets < -- > ROE = net profit margin ratio X total assets turnover X financial leverage
Equity Sales Assets Equity
Return = Expense(1-tax
Net Income + Interest
rate)
on Average Total
Assets
Assets
*Interest expense added back because it was the denominator is also due to investor and they received the interest
** Corporate tax rate
LEVERAGE: a measure of how much debt the firm has relative to equity;
SPREAD: the difference between ROA and the after‐tax interest rate on the firm's debt
Profit Margin (PM): how profitable are the firm’s products. Net profit per dollar of sales
Asset Turnover (ATO): is a measure of how efficiently the firm is using its assets to generate sales Net sales per dollar of assets
Profit Margin can be thought of as the following term where all figures are % of sales (Common Size Income Statement Items):