Business Report

Return on equity (ROE) |

2011 14.28% |

2012 10.27% |

2013 11.89% |

2014 14.44% |

2015 5.59% |

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Return on equity can measure a corporation's profitability by revealing how much profit a company generates with the money shareholders have invested. From the statistic and the diagram above, ROE is varies changefully. In year 2015, the ROE decreased rapidly from 14.44% to 5.59%, which is lowest in these 5 years. It has a large gap in year 2014 and 2015. Slater and Golden should concentrate on controlling their ROE rate in a steady rate. Return on assets (ROA) |

2011 7.45% |

2012 4.76% |

2013 6.93% |

2014 6.82% |

2015 2.72% |

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Return on assets reflects how profitable a company's assets are in generating in the years. From statistic and the diagram above, the ROA of Slater and Golden is varies changefully. In year 2015, it falls to 2.72%, which is lowest in these 5 years. The higher the rate of return on assets means the higher deposit in the bank. In 2015, the ROA is lowest. They might need to take on bank deposit.

Leverage 2011 1.92 |

2012 2.16 |

2013 1.72 |

2014 2.15 |

2015 2.05 |

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The ROE is exceeds the ROA from 2011 to 2014. It means the company is making extra money for the owners by borrowing to make the assets greater than they would be with just equity funding.

Profit margin

2011 15.67% |

2012 11.69% |

2013 14.11% |

2014 14.84% |

2015...