Return on equity, or ROE, the ratio of a company's 12-month net income to its shareholder equity (book value), is the most widely used profitability gauge.

净资产收益率，又称ROE，指公司十二个月的净收入与股东权益（帐面价值）的比率，是用得最多的盈利性指标。

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From the results we can see the debt ratio, return on net assets, equity turnover ratio had a positive relationship with the explanatory variables, and this is consistent with the expected.

由结果我们可以看到我们的负债比率、净资产收益率、股票周转率有正相关之关系的解释变量，这是符合预期的。

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For what it's worth, the 2013 target for return on equity was more than 15% and the cost:income ratio supposed to be less than 50% by then.

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Strikingly, over the past year, return on equity fell from 14% to 12% and the cost:income ratio rose, from 56% to 59%.

BBC: Hester concedes RBS to miss profit target

My Lynch-based method also likes financial intermediaries to have an equity-to-assets ratio of at least 5% and a return on assets of at least 1%.

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