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Do you find a difference between both of the rate of return on assets - asset turnover?

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Date Posted: 2014/09/20
Anayatullah Tahir
by Anayatullah Tahir , Finance Manager , Etqan Projects

They are different.

Return on Assets is calculated on Earnings of the year divided by the Total Assets..........Whereas............

Assets Turnover is calculated by the sales divided by the Total Assets. So they are different.

Khan Sohal khan
by Khan Sohal khan , Associate , State Street Syntel Services Pvt Ltd.

Net return percentage on sales can be found out by these ratios.

Tanveer Qureshi
by Tanveer Qureshi , Director , Qureshi Associates

No difference, both are same.

Abed  Othman
by Abed Othman , Financial Administrative Assistant , United Nations International for immigration

no deference  between  return on assets  and  assets  turn  over  both  of  them  as  like 

calculated  as   return on assets   = net  income  / average  total assets  

average  total assets  calculated  as the  sum of assets  in the  beginning and  ending  of  period  divided  on2