By 1975, it resumed its growth trajectory with close to a 20% return on average equity.
In the fourth quarter, however, it reported a 10.48% return on average allocated equity in its consumer and business banking segment, an increase from 9.47% the previous quarter.
In 2006 investment banks made an average return on equity of 17%.
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.
IBCA, a credit-rating agency, the average return on equity earned by the world's 500 biggest commercial banks has climbed above 10% only once, in 1993.
Although Goldman Sachs predicts that Japanese companies' average return on equity may quadruple to 8% over the next two years, this is still far below the 30% return on equity that American companies are expected to achieve this year.
Over the past five years it has racked up a 28% average return on equity, along with earnings-per-share growth of 64% a year -- enough to vault it onto the list of Forbes Global's 300 Best Small Companies (Nov. 2, 1998).
Over the past five years it has racked up a 28% average return on equity along with earnings-per-share growth of 64% a year -- enough to vault it to the number one spot on the list of Forbes 200 Best Small Companies in America (Nov. 2, 1998).
Below-average return on capital and equity than its peers, along with potential rig oversupply could be problematic for the Swiss company.
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In 1981, according to the Securities Industry Association, a trade body in America, large investment banks earned an average 50% return on their equity.
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.
Snowling ticks off other advantages for Sallie: low interest rate risk (given government guarantees), profit growth expectations in the 15% range, a rich return on equity (net income divided by average book value) of 38%, and a cheap valuation relative to history and the broader market.
Its return on equity, at 27%, is far above the industry average of 12%, and the company has no debt.
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.
Its 12-month return on equity (31.6% ) is more than double its five-year average.
It has a five-year average annual earnings-per-share growth of 39% and a 24% return on equity for the past 12 months.
Additionally, Tesoro Logistics has a trailing 12-month return on equity (ROE) of 43.3%, almost four times the peer group average of 11.1%.
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However, the stock appears reasonably priced with a trailing 12-month return on equity (ROE) of 18.1%, which is above the peer group average of 10.6%.
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Moreover, the company has a trailing 12-month return on equity (ROE) of 76.1%, which is significantly above its peer group average of 7.4%.
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However, the stock has a trailing 12-month return on equity (ROE) of 11.1%, which is higher than the peer group average of 0.7%.
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