The Ret. on equity of Cadiz Inc. is -77.50%
Return on equity is a measure of the profitability of a business in relation to the book value of the shareholder equity. It is computed by dividing fiscal year net income by total shareholder equity.
ttm (trailing twelve months)
The return on equity (ROE) ROE is a measure of how well a company uses investments to generate earnings growth. ROE is used for comparing the performance of companies in the same industry. It indicated the management's ability to generate income from the equity available to it. ROEs of 15-20% are generally considered good. ROEs are also a factor in stock valuation, in association with other financial ratios. In general, stock prices are influenced by earnings per share (EPS), so that stock of a company with a 20% ROE will generally cost twice as much as one with a 10% ROE.
founded in 1983, cadiz inc. is a renewable resource company that owns over 70 square miles of land with significant water resources in southern california. the company's properties, which are located at three sites in california's eastern mojave desert, offer abundant and renewable sources of clean water, an ideal environment for organic farming, and excellent land conservation opportunities. the company maintains an organic agricultural operation at its primary property in the cadiz valley and manages the largest desert tortoise land conservation bank in california. the company is also pursuing the cadiz valley water conservation, recovery and storage project, known as the cadiz water project, which will capture and conserve billions of gallons of renewable groundwater that is presently lost to evaporation and provide a new, sustainable water supply. through the active and safe management of the groundwater aquifer system at the site, the cadiz water project will reduce an ongoing los