return on assets

return on assets definition - finance
Net income divided by average total assets; the resulting number shows how much net income was earned for each dollar of assets. The formula is a combination of the formulas used to calculate profit margin and asset turnover.

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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