What does return on equity mean?

Trailing-twelve-month net income divided by average shareholders' equity (average of the start and end of the trailing-twelve-month window). Measures the profit generated on each dollar of shareholder capital.

Icahn Enterprises IEP Return on equity

Discontinued — last reported Q3 '19

Return on equity at other companies

Valero EnergyVLO

17.8%+14.0pp

Berkshire HathawayBRK.B

10.5%-2.7pp

CF IndustriesCF

41.9%+10.8pp

Primoris ServicesPRIM

15.9%+0.6pp

SeaboardSEB

11.7%+9.6pp

Union PacificUNP

40.7%-1.8pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$2.2B+18.2%

Net income-$459.0M-8.8%

EPS (diluted)-$0.71+10.1%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$1.3B-40.5%

Total debt$6.9B-5.9%

Total assets$12.9B-16.5%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$397.0M+318%

CapEx$114.0M+29.5%

Free cash flow$283.0M+205%

Valuation

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Market cap$4.9B+1.6%

Enterprise value$10.54B+5.3%

P/S0.5×0.0×

Profitability

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Gross margin-56.5%—

Net margin-3.4%-1.3pp

FCF margin20%—

Returns & leverage

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Debt / equity0.7×—

Where this comes from

Calculated from Icahn Enterprises’s reported figures.

net income/total stockholders equity=-0.1%

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Icahn Enterprises’s 10-Q, filed November 5, 2019, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does return on equity mean?: Trailing-twelve-month net income divided by average shareholders' equity (average of the start and end of the trailing-twelve-month window). Measures the profit generated on each dollar of shareholder capital.