asset/equity ratio

asset/equity ratio definition - finance
A ratio calculated by dividing total assets by stockholder equity. The ratio number is not important by itself and must be compared to other companies in the same industry to have relevance.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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