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Asset turnover

Revenue generated per dollar of average assets - how hard the asset base works.

Formula

Annual revenue ÷ average total assets (mean of two consecutive period-end balances)

Served as: annual · derived. Annual and quarterly observations are never mixed unlabeled.

Where the inputs come from

  • Revenues (fallback chain)
  • Assets at two consecutive period ends

Listed highest priority first. Every served figure carries its filing, fiscal period and accession; open any value on the financials page to see them.

How to compare it honestly

Compare within the same industry; asset-light and asset-heavy business models differ structurally, not by quality.

When it is not served

Not computed for the oldest paired year or across filing gaps - the average needs the adjacent prior-year balance; shown as missing, never a point-in-time substitute.

Missing data is missing evidence: it is never shown as zero and never treated as a conclusion.

What it cannot tell you

Says nothing about profitability per sale; leased or written-down assets distort the base.

Questions worth asking next

  • Is turnover moving because revenue changed or because the asset base changed?
  • How does the same ratio look for peers with a similar asset model?

Research prompts, not recommendations.

See it computed from filings

Related in returns: ROE · ROA · ROIC · ROCE · ROE (DuPont) · Equity multiplier · Tax burden · Interest burden

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