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. UTi Worldwide's annualized net income for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2015 was $-131 Mil. UTi Worldwide's average shareholder tangible equity for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2015 was $-31 Mil. Therefore, UTi Worldwide's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2015 was N/A%.
The historical rank and industry rank for UTi Worldwide's Return-on-Tangible-Equity or its related term are showing as below:
UTIW's Return-on-Tangible-Equity is not ranked *
in the Transportation industry.
Industry Median: 9.69 * Ranked among companies with meaningful Return-on-Tangible-Equity only.
UTi Worldwide Return-on-Tangible-Equity Historical Data
The historical data trend for UTi Worldwide'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.
Competitive Comparison of UTi Worldwide's Return-on-Tangible-Equity
For the Integrated Freight & Logistics subindustry, UTi Worldwide'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.
UTi Worldwide's Return-on-Tangible-Equity Distribution in the Transportation Industry
For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, UTi Worldwide's Return-on-Tangible-Equity distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where UTi Worldwide's Return-on-Tangible-Equity falls into.
UTi Worldwide Return-on-Tangible-Equity Calculation
UTi Worldwide's annualized Return-on-Tangible-Equity for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2015 is calculated as
* 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 (Oct. 2015) net income data.
Return-on-Tangible-Equity is displayed in the 10-year financial page.
UTi Worldwide (NAS:UTIW) 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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UTi Worldwide (UTi Worldwide) Business Description
UTi Worldwide Inc was incorporated in the British Virgin Islands on January 30, 1995 under the International Business Companies Act as an international business company and operates under the British Virgin Islands legislation governing corporations. The Company's segments include: Freight Forwarding and Contract Logistics and Distribution Segment. Freight Forwarding the Company do not own or operate aircraft or vessels and, consequently, contract with commercial carriers to arrange for the shipment of cargo. In Contract Logistics and Distribution Segment; provides services relating to value-added warehousing and the subsequent distribution of goods and materials in order to meet clients inventory needs and production or distribution schedules. The Company operates a network of freight forwarding offices and contract logistics and distribution centers in a total of 60 countries. In addition, it serves its clients in 100 additional countries through independent agent-owned offices. The Companys business is managed from main support offices located in Long Beach, California, and several other locations. The Companys primary services include air and ocean freight forwarding, contract logistics, customs brokerage, distribution, inbound logistics and truckload brokerage. It also provides other supply chain management services, including consulting, the coordination of purchase orders and customized management services. Through its supply chain planning and optimization services, it assists its clients in designing and implementing solutions that improve the predictability and visibility and reduce the overall costs of their supply chains. As a freight forwarder, it conducts business as an indirect carrier and occasionally as an authorized agent for an airline. It acts as an indirect carrier with respect to shipments of freight. It arranges for, and in many cases provides, pick-up and delivery service between the carrier and the location of the shipper or recipient. When it acts as an authorized agent for an airline or ocean carrier, it arranges for the transportation of individual shipments to the airline or ocean carrier. As part of its freight forwarding services, it provides customs brokerage services in the United States and other countries in which it operates. As part of its customs brokerage services, it prepares and files formal documentation required for clearance through customs agencies, obtain customs bonds, facilitate the payment of import duties on behalf of the importer, arrange for payment of collect freight charges, assist with determining and obtaining the commodity classifications for shipments and perform other related services. The Companys contract logistics services include receiving, deconsolidation and decontainerization, sorting, put away, consolidation, assembly, cargo loading and unloading, assembly of freight and protective packaging, warehousing services, order management, and customized distribution and
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