ROA

What does ROA stand for?

Return on assets

A financial acronym that represents the profitability of a company in relation to its total assets; shows a company's efficiency at using its assets to create earnings; calculated by taking a company's annual earnings by its total assets; similar to ROI.

Example

Our low ROA means that we have to be more efficient at converting our investments into profits

Related Slang

ROIReturn on investment
ROICReturn on invested capital
EBTEarnings before taxes
ISOIncentive stock option
NSONon-qualified stock option
NQSONon-qualified stock option
CEOChief executive officer
CFOChief financial officer
P/EPrice-to-Earnings Ratio
EPSEarnings per share

Categories

Financial Terms
Updated March 18, 2015

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