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.

Nathan's Famous NATH Return on equity

Discontinued — last reported Q4 '14

Return on equity at other companies

Conagra BrandsCAG

13.3%—

Restaurant Brands InternationalQSR

37.9%-6.1pp

The Kraft Heinz CompanyKHC

-9.7%-12.5pp

ARKO Corp.ARKO

8.8%—

Biglari Holdings Inc.BH

-3.5%-1.4pp

Utz BrandsUTZ

-1.3%-5.2pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$35.1M+13.9%

Gross profit$12.5M+4.7%

Operating income$4.7M-26.5%

Net income$2.8M-33.7%

EPS (diluted)$0.68-34.0%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$24.4M-12.2%

Total debt$52.1M-6.9%

Total equity-$14.2M+13.9%

Total assets$53.7M+0.3%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$2.5M-62.6%

CapEx$38.0K-29.6%

Free cash flow$2.5M-62.8%

Valuation

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Market cap$416.07M-7.2%

Enterprise value$443.76M-6.8%

P/E20.8×+2.1×

P/S2.6×-0.5×

Profitability

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Gross margin34.3%-5.2pp

Operating margin18.6%-6.1pp

Net margin12.4%-3.9pp

FCF margin11%-5.9pp

Returns & leverage

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Debt / equity-3.7×—

Current ratio2.5×-0.2×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Nathan's Famous’s reported figures.

net income/total stockholders equity=21.3%

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Nathan's Famous’s 10-K, filed June 9, 2017, 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.