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Leeward Group Holdings (Leeward Group Holdings) Return-on-Tangible-Equity : Negative Tangible Equity% (As of Mar. 2011)


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What is Leeward Group Holdings Return-on-Tangible-Equity?

Return-on-Tangible-Equity is calculated as Net Income divided by its average total shareholder tangible equity. Total shareholder tangible equity equals to Total Stockholders Equity minus Intangible Assets. Leeward Group Holdings's annualized net income for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2011 was $0.11 Mil. Leeward Group Holdings's average shareholder tangible equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2011 was $-0.74 Mil. Therefore, Leeward Group Holdings's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2011 was Negative Tangible Equity%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Leeward Group Holdings's Return-on-Tangible-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

PCPZ's Return-on-Tangible-Equity is not ranked *
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 12.09
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Return-on-Tangible-Equity only.

Leeward Group Holdings Return-on-Tangible-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Leeward Group Holdings's Return-on-Tangible-Equity can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Leeward Group Holdings Return-on-Tangible-Equity Chart

Leeward Group Holdings Annual Data
Trend May07 May08 May09 Dec10
Return-on-Tangible-Equity
-32.20 -313.04 - -

Leeward Group Holdings Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Leeward Group Holdings's Return-on-Tangible-Equity

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, Leeward Group Holdings's Return-on-Tangible-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Return-on-Tangible-Equity data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Leeward Group Holdings's Return-on-Tangible-Equity Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Leeward Group Holdings's Return-on-Tangible-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Leeward Group Holdings's Return-on-Tangible-Equity falls into.



Leeward Group Holdings Return-on-Tangible-Equity Calculation

Leeward Group Holdings's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2010 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(A: Dec. 2010 )  (A: May. 2009 )(A: Dec. 2010 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets )/ count )
(A: Dec. 2010 )  (A: May. 2009 )(A: Dec. 2010 )
=-0.245/( (-0.025+-0.771 )/ 2 )
=-0.245/-0.398
=N/A %

Leeward Group Holdings's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2011 is calculated as

Return-on-Tangible-Equity=Net Income/( (Total Tangible Equity+Total Tangible Equity)/ count )
(Q: Mar. 2011 )  (Q: Dec. 2010 )(Q: Mar. 2011 )
=Net Income/( (Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets+Total Stockholders Equity - Intangible Assets)/ count )
(Q: Mar. 2011 )  (Q: Dec. 2010 )(Q: Mar. 2011 )
=0.112/( (-0.771+-0.711)/ 2 )
=0.112/-0.741
=Negative Tangible Equity %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Return-on-Tangible-Equity, the net income of the last fiscal year and the average total shareholder tangible equity over the fiscal year are used. In calculating the quarterly data, the net income data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2011) net income data. Return-on-Tangible-Equity is displayed in the 10-year financial page.


Leeward Group Holdings  (GREY:PCPZ) Return-on-Tangible-Equity Explanation

Return-on-Tangible-Equity measures the rate of return on the ownership interest (shareholder's tangible equity) of the common stock owners. It measures a firm's efficiency at generating profits from every unit of shareholders' tangible equity (shareholders equity minus intangibles). Return-on-Tangible-Equity shows how well a company uses investment funds to generate earnings growth. Return-on-Tangible-Equitys between 15% and 20% are considered desirable.


Be Aware

Net Income is used.

Because a company can increase its Return-on-Tangible-Equity by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high Return-on-Tangible-Equity companies. Like Return-on-Tangible-Asset, Return-on-Tangible-Equity is calculated with only 12 months data. Fluctuations in company's earnings or business cycles can affect the ratio drastically. It is important to look at the ratio from a long term perspective.

Asset light businesses require very few assets to generate very high earnings. Their Return-on-Tangible-Equitys can be extremely high.


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Leeward Group Holdings (Leeward Group Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
65 S. Main Street, Suite A300, Pennington, NJ, USA, 08543
Website
Leeward Group Holdings Inc is a development stage company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, is engaged in the establishment of a customer service oriented security firm specializing in uniformed guard services and private investigations services.

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