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Return on Assets

A ratio that measures the dollars in net profit a business generates per dollar of assets it owns.

Definition of Return on Assets

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Return on Assets is defined as:

Return on Assets = Net Income / Average Total Assets

Return on Assets for Commonwealth Bank of Australia is calculated as follows:

Net Income [ 9.769 B ]
(/) Average Assets over Period [ 1,292.3 B ]
(=) Return on Assets [ 0.8% ]

The tables below summarizes the trend in Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s return on assets over the last five years:

Fiscal Year Net Income Average Assets Return on Assets
2020-06-30 9.592 B 996 B 1.0%
2021-06-30 10.181 B 1,053.7 B 1.0%
2022-06-30 10.69 B 1,153.6 B 0.9%
2023-06-30 9.998 B 1,233.8 B 0.8%
2024-06-30 9.394 B 1,253.2 B 0.7%

Return on assets represents the dollars in earnings or Net Income a company generates per dollar of assets. ROA is typically used to gauge the efficiency of the company and its management at deploying capital to generate income for shareholders.

The net income used in the numerator is often adjusted for one-time and non-recurring items to present a clearer view of future earnings. Since income is earned over the course of a year, we average Total Assets at the start and end of the year for the denominator.

In general, a higher return on assets suggests management is utilizing the asset base efficiently.


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-188.6%-133.6%-78.6%29.3%04008001,200

The chart above depicts the distribution of return on assets for companies operating in the Financials sector in the Developed economic region. Over 2,730 companies were considered in this analysis, and 2,629 had meaningful values. The average return on assets of companies in the sector is -4.1% with a standard deviation of 22.4%.

Commonwealth Bank Of Australia's Return on Assets of 0.8% ranks in the 46.6% percentile for the sector. The following table provides additional summary stats:

Return on Assets In The Financials Sector
Economic Risk RegionDeveloped
Total Constituents2,739
Included Constituents2,629
Min-186.3%
Max26.8%
Median0.9%
Mean-4.1%
Standard Deviation22.4%

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