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.

OPTU OPTU Return on equity

Discontinued — last reported Q3 '20

Return on equity at other companies

Lumen TechnologiesLUMN

-170.9%+20.5pp

Verizon CommunicationsVZ

16.8%-1.2pp

Charter Communications, Inc.CHTR

30.2%-6.7pp

ComcastCMCSA

21.5%+2.9pp

Walt DisneyDIS

13.4%+5.7pp

Alphabet Inc.GOOGL

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$2.1B-4.0%

Gross profit$1.4B-3.2%

Operating income-$2.4B-787%

Net income-$2.9B-3,711%

EPS (diluted)-$6.10-3,712%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$1.0B+276%

Total debt$26.8B+4.3%

Total equity-$5.2B-858%

Total assets$27.9B-12.0%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$170.3M-9.2%

CapEx$307.7M-13.6%

Free cash flow-$137.4M+18.5%

Valuation

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Market cap$626.44M-21.6%

Enterprise value$26.37B—

P/S0.1×—

Profitability

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Gross margin69.5%+1.3pp

Operating margin-2%-20.2pp

Net margin-55%-56.9pp

FCF margin3.8%—

Returns & leverage

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Debt / equity35.3×—

Current ratio0.8×+0.5×

Where this comes from

Calculated from OPTU’s reported figures.

net income/total stockholders equity=7.5%

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: OPTU’s 10-Q, filed October 30, 2020, 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.