- Industry: Financial services
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Return on assets (ROA) is net income divided by average total assets. ROA can vary widely among companies and is a measure of asset-use efficiency. For example, financial companies with a large amount of assets will typically have ROAs slightly greater than 1% where as a company that is less asset intensive like Microsoft has an ROA of about 28%. It really depends upon the amount of assets necessary for the company to conduct business.
Industry:Financial services
The fee charged by a fund's investment advisor for managing the fund.
Industry:Financial services
Securities offered for sale to an institutional investor or an accredited investor through private negotiations, as opposed to securities being acquired in a public offering.
Industry:Financial services
Refers to the negative number resulting from the aggregation of each account's Cash, short positions and margin balance. Where multiple accounts are included in the analysis, both Cash and Net Debit Balance may be reflected.
Industry:Financial services
A measure of how effectively a company's management is using the capital at its disposal. Return on capital for an individual company is calculated by dividing net income for the most recent fiscal year by the most recent quarters invested capital (long-term debt plus common stock equity plus preferred equity). A fund's return on capital is calculated by averaging the return on capital of all companies whose securities are held in the fund's portfolio.
Industry:Financial services
The length of time the fund manager has been making investment decisions regarding the fund.
Industry:Financial services
The PPM number is used as a unique identifier for PPMs.
Industry:Financial services
Income earned after all taxes and other deductions have been taken from it.
Industry:Financial services
Related to Equities: Return on equity (ROE) is net income divided by average common equity. ROE can vary widely among companies and is a measure of profitability. Higher numbers typically indicate higher profitability. However, there are several exceptions.
Related to Mutual Funds: An indicator of profitability. Return on equity for an individual company is calculated by dividing net income for the most recent fiscal year by common stockholders' equity (Assets minus liabilities). A fund's return on equity is calculated by averaging the return on equity of all companies whose securities are held in the fund's portfolio.
Industry:Financial services
The leading underwriter of an offering that acts as an agent for the underwriting group. This underwriting group is formed for the sole purpose of issuing securities for an entity, such as a corporation.
Industry:Financial services
