Publishing Companies By Roa

Return On Asset
ROAEfficiencyMarket RiskExp Return
1NYT New York Times
0.0817
(0.02)
 1.59 
(0.04)
2WLY John Wiley Sons
0.051
 0.08 
 1.78 
 0.15 
3PSO Pearson PLC ADR
0.0485
 0.14 
 1.12 
 0.16 
4LEE Lee Enterprises Incorporated
0.0442
 0.17 
 7.49 
 1.25 
5NWSA News Corp A
0.0306
 0.08 
 1.26 
 0.10 
6NWS News Corp B
0.0306
 0.13 
 1.31 
 0.17 
7SCHL Scholastic
0.0143
(0.11)
 2.74 
(0.29)
8DJCO Daily Journal Corp
0.0136
 0.09 
 2.83 
 0.26 
9DALN Dallasnews Corp
-4.0E-4
 0.08 
 5.56 
 0.47 
10SALN Salon City
-1.21
 0.00 
 0.00 
 0.00 
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Return on Asset or ROA shows how effective is the management of the company in generating income from utilizing all of the assets at their disposal. It is a useful ratio to evaluate the performance of different departments of a company as well as to understand management performance over time. Return on Asset measures overall efficiency of a company in generating profits from its total assets. It is expressed as the percentage of profits earned per dollar of Asset. A low ROA typically means that a company is asset-intensive and therefore will needs more money to continue generating revenue in the future.