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J.B. Maverick is an active trader, commodity futures broker, and stock market analyst 17+ years of experience, in addition to 10+ years of experience as a finance writer and book editor. Dr. JeFreda R ...

Steven Nickolas is a writer and has 10+ years of experience working as a consultant to retail and institutional investors. Return on assets (ROA) is used in fundamental analysis to determine the ...

The acid-test ratio is a measure of a company's liquidity, although it is mostly used when a company is believed to be illiquid. It is a ratio that measures a company's ability to meet its current ...

ROA measures profit relative to a company's total assets; higher ROA indicates better financial efficiency. ROA is calculated with either net income and total assets or with net profit margin and ...