Return on Equity Calculator Return on equity measures the return on the shareholders investment in the business.
Working with your return on equity Return on equity is another common measure of performance. It represents what the owners earned based on their past cumulative investments (initial investment plus what they left in the business). It also has some "historical" issues because the denominator does not necessarily reflect the current value of the business. Return on equity represents the return on existing stockholders investment and not necessarily the return that a new shareholder would receive on the purchase of the business. |