Houston Wire & Cable Company Overview
Latest ROE for Houston Wire & Cable Company: -14.07% — 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.
Houston Wire & Cable Company's return on equity stands at -14.07%. That is below the Real Estate sector average of 8.69%. Stockcircle updates this page with the newest filings so you can track how the metric evolves quarter by quarter.
Houston Wire & Cable Company sits lower the Real Estate benchmark (8.69%) with a ROE of -14.07%. That is roughly 261.9% below the sector mean. Peer context matters because what looks expensive or cheap in absolute terms can be normal for the sector.
A ROE of -14.07% for Houston Wire & Cable Company means each unit of related capital or sales is generating that return rate. Higher is usually better for profitability metrics, but extremely high figures can reflect one-time items or thin equity bases. Review several years of data on this page before extrapolating.
The history chart shows how Houston Wire & Cable Company's ROE evolved across reporting periods, while the comparison chart places HWCC next to similar companies. Use both: a rising metric that still lags peers tells a different story than a rising metric that already leads the group. Growth charts, when available, highlight acceleration or slowdown.
Yes — within Real Estate, ROE is commonly used to spot outliers. Houston Wire & Cable Company's reading of -14.07% (sector avg 8.69%) is a starting point; confirm whether differences come from growth, margins, accounting choices, or one-time items before treating an outlier as a buy or sell signal.
