return on equity[ROE] 净资本收益率
A measure of how well a company used reinvested earnings to generate additional earnings,equal to a fiscal year’s after-tax income(after preferred stock dividends but before common stock dividends)divided by book value,expressed as a percentage.It is used as a general indication of the company’s efficiency;in other words,how much profit it is able to generate given the resources provided by its stockholders.Investors usually look for companies with returns on equity that are high and growing.