【white subway tile with charcoal grout】Read This Before Judging Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust's (TSE:BEI.UN) ROE
One of the best investments we can make is white subway tile with charcoal groutin our own knowledge and skill set. With that in mind, this article will work through how we can use Return On Equity (ROE) to better understand a business. By way of learning-by-doing, we'll look at ROE to gain a better understanding of Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust (
TSE:BEI.UN
).
Return on Equity or ROE is a test of how effectively a company is growing its value and managing investors’ money. In short, ROE shows the profit each dollar generates with respect to its shareholder investments.
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How Is ROE Calculated?
The
formula for return on equity
is:
Return on Equity = Net Profit (from continuing operations) ÷ Shareholders' Equity
So, based on the above formula, the ROE for Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust is:
4.0% = CA$127m ÷ CA$3.2b (Based on the trailing twelve months to September 2021).
The 'return' refers to a company's earnings over the last year. Another way to think of that is that for every CA$1 worth of equity, the company was able to earn CA$0.04 in profit.
Does Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust Have A Good Return On Equity?
One simple way to determine if a company has a good return on equity is to compare it to the average for its industry. Importantly, this is far from a perfect measure, because companies differ significantly within the same industry classification. If you look at the image below, you can see Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust has a lower ROE than the average (10%) in the REITs industry classification.
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Unfortunately, that's sub-optimal. That being said, a low ROE is not always a bad thing, especially if the company has low leverage as this still leaves room for improvement if the company were to take on more debt. A company with high debt levels and low ROE is a combination we like to avoid given the risk involved. You can see the 4 risks we have identified for Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust by visiting our
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Why You Should Consider Debt When Looking At ROE
Virtually all companies need money to invest in the business, to grow profits. The cash for investment can come from prior year profits (retained earnings), issuing new shares, or borrowing. In the first and second cases, the ROE will reflect this use of cash for investment in the business. In the latter case, the debt required for growth will boost returns, but will not impact the shareholders' equity. That will make the ROE look better than if no debt was used.
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Combining Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust's Debt And Its 4.0% Return On Equity
It's worth noting the high use of debt by Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust, leading to its debt to equity ratio of 1.01. The combination of a rather low ROE and significant use of debt is not particularly appealing. Debt does bring extra risk, so it's only really worthwhile when a company generates some decent returns from it.
Summary
Return on equity is useful for comparing the quality of different businesses. Companies that can achieve high returns on equity without too much debt are generally of good quality. If two companies have the same ROE, then I would generally prefer the one with less debt.
Having said that, while ROE is a useful indicator of business quality, you'll have to look at a whole range of factors to determine the right price to buy a stock. It is important to consider other factors, such as future profit growth -- and how much investment is required going forward. So you might want to take a peek at this
data-rich interactive graph of forecasts for the company
.
Of course
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust may not be the best stock to buy
. So you may wish to see this
free
collection of other companies that have high ROE and low debt.
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