Microsoft has generated revenue growth of 15%, earnings growth of 26%, and a return on equity of 35% on average for the last three years.
There is no point in diversifying if the investment does not offer a genuinely different source of return (much of private equity falls into this category) or if the asset is already overvalued.
It also likes that the company has also averaged a return on equity of more than 16% over the past decade, and a return on assets of almost 10%.
It has over 30% of California's deposit accounts, leading market positions in corporate lending and investment banking, and a return on equity of 17%.
In the same quarter the bank generated an annualised return on equity of 21%.
Hindustan Lever's five-year annual return on equity of 46% puts it well ahead of Unilever's 35%.
You will be amazed what this does to you rate of return on equity.
While the consortium initially sought a return on equity of 13.58%, the FERC ruling was largely considered a favorable outcome.
It has a return on equity of 19%, above the minimum level of 17% found in the best winners, historically.
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However, under Ms Licci Citi proved that it can be profitable, with a return on equity of 54% in 2003.
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Santander Mexico gives a return on equity of almost 20% (see chart), about double the rates commonly found in Europe.
Hurried growth and annual return on equity of 15% have caused some investors to wonder about the quality of Delaney's loans.
It expects to earn a return on equity of three to five percentage points less as a result of lower leverage.
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In 2006 investment banks made an average return on equity of 17%.
French state-owned savings banks generate a return on equity of 2%, which makes it hard for private-sector rivals to achieve their 15-18% targets.
According to a research report issued on February 13th by Morgan Stanley, it recorded the highest return on equity of any segment of the firm.
Although last year's miserable return on equity of 2.7% was better than the 1.6% average of the previous three years, it was still way below the standards of banks elsewhere in Europe.
GE, it turns out, the Genworth operations were making a return on equity of only 9%, half what good companies manage and less than the 12% earned by the typical life insurer.
Yamada Denki's return on equity of 12% is high by Japanese standards, and Gray thinks that the company can deliver earnings growth of 20% a year, even if the Japanese economy doesn't recover soon.
It consequently learned the importance of return-on-equity and other measures of shareholder value.
This time around with debt markets collapsing and private real estate ever more dependent on large amounts of debt to maintain normal equity rates of return, it looks like private real estate values are in for a tumble.
Over the trailing twelve months the company generated a return on shareholders equity of 26%, and net profit margins of 23%.
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The bank has a return on equity rate of 10.4% in fiscal 2011, and a return on assets rate of 0.60% in 2011.
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The software maker has generated an average return on shareholder equity of around 40% over the last five years and has a pristine balance sheet.
He says that will slow the return on equity for many of these banks.
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The 500 achieved a return-on-equity of 14.3%, far above the historical norm of 12%.
Note below that only Wells Fargo among these big four managed to post a sustained period of return-on-equity in the high teens.
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