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That is slightly more than the 20percentt return of the stocks in the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index over the last seven years, but nearly double the annual average return on equities of 12.1percentt from 1926 to 1990, according to Ibbotson Associates in Chicago.
The small investor without the invitation or resources to visit directly with management at their corporate locations, should avail him or herself to company Web sites, SEC filings and earnings conference call Web casts to collect information on equities of individual companies.
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Japan's manufacturers last year sported average returns on equity of 4.5%, one-fifth of U.S. rates.
Excluding the one-time cost of redeeming Warren E. Buffett's preferred stock, it posted a return on equity of 10.2 percent.
It equates to return on equity of just below 3 percent.
Barclays reported a return on equity of 6.6 percent last year.
Over the past four years, banks in America have made, on average, a return on equity of 16.5%.
With capital of 8 percent, its $800 million of profits translates into a return on equity of 10 percent.
In the first half of 2009 shareholders still earned a healthy return on equity of 19%.
But the firm's return on equity of just over 11 percent is not great for shareholders.
In the same quarter the bank generated an annualised return on equity of 21%.
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