Return on Shareholders' Equity reveals how much a company earns each year for stockholders. The higher the figure, usually the better. It measures the extent to which a company has internally generated resources to invest for future growth. A high ratio is considered a positive investment characteristic. Young, fast-growing firms tend to reinvest most of their profits internally.
Mature firms are better able, and more likely, to pay out more of their profits.
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