Bon-Ton Stores Overview
Latest ROE for Bon-Ton Stores: 58.14% — see history and peer comparisons.
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Return on Equity measures how efficiently a company uses shareholders' equity to generate profits. A higher ROE indicates better profitability relative to equity.
Bon-Ton Stores posts a ROE of 58.14%. That is above the Consumer Discretionary sector average of 23.85%. Comparing that reading with peers and prior periods is usually more useful than looking at the number in isolation.
For Consumer Discretionary stocks, a ROE near 23.85% is typical. Bon-Ton Stores's 58.14% is higher that level. That is roughly 143.8% above the sector mean. Whether that is a warning or an opportunity depends on growth outlook and other fundamentals shown elsewhere on Stockcircle.
Bon-Ton Stores's ROE moves when the underlying profit, equity, or asset base changes. Cost cuts, pricing power, buybacks, write-downs, and cyclical swings can all shift the percentage. The latest reading is 58.14%; use YoY and peer views to separate noise from signal.
Context for BONTQ's ROE usually means three checks: (1) trend versus prior periods, (2) level versus peers (average 23.85%), and (3) consistency with growth and profitability. This page covers the first two; Bon-Ton Stores's other metric pages and overview cover the third.
Judging Bon-Ton Stores against Consumer Discretionary peers is usually better than using a market-wide rule of thumb. Business models inside Consumer Discretionary are more comparable, which makes gaps in ROE easier to interpret. Start with 58.14% here, then scan peer and history charts to see if the gap is persistent.
