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.

Winmark WINA Return on equity

Discontinued — last reported Q4 '14

Return on equity at other companies

Cabot CorporationCBT

19%-12.0pp

UnifirstUNF

6.3%-0.9pp

Main Street CapitalMAIN

14.4%-4.9pp

BeldenBDC

18.9%+1.0pp

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.HY

-21.1%-42.7pp

Peoples Financial ServicesPFIS

11.7%+6.8pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$20.8M-4.9%

Gross profit$20.7M+6.5%

Operating income$12.4M-9.1%

Net income$9.3M-7.0%

EPS (diluted)$2.50-7.7%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$19.8M-9.2%

Total debt$32.9M-1.8%

Total equity-$46.2M-0.6%

Total assets$35.6M-4.0%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$11.9M-21.2%

CapEx$14.6K-71.5%

Free cash flow$11.9M-21.1%

Valuation

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Market cap$1.53B-2.2%

Enterprise value$1.55B-2.1%

P/E37.5×-0.7×

P/S18.1×-0.8×

Profitability

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Gross margin96.4%+0.5pp

Operating margin62.8%-2.6pp

Net margin48.2%-1.3pp

FCF margin48.9%-3.7pp

Returns & leverage

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Debt / equity0.6×—

Current ratio2.7×+0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Winmark’s reported figures.

net income/total stockholders equity=67.2%

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Winmark’s 10-K, filed March 9, 2018, 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.