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 posts a ROE of -14.07%. That is below the Real Estate sector average of 11.63%. Comparing that reading with peers and prior periods is usually more useful than looking at the number in isolation.
For Real Estate stocks, a ROE near 11.63% is typical. Houston Wire & Cable Company's -14.07% is lower that level. That is roughly 220.9% below the sector mean. Whether that is a warning or an opportunity depends on growth outlook and other fundamentals shown elsewhere on Stockcircle.
Houston Wire & Cable Company'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 -14.07%; use YoY and peer views to separate noise from signal.
Context for HWCC's ROE usually means three checks: (1) trend versus prior periods, (2) level versus peers (average 11.63%), and (3) consistency with growth and profitability. This page covers the first two; Houston Wire & Cable Company's other metric pages and overview cover the third.
Judging Houston Wire & Cable Company against Real Estate peers is usually better than using a market-wide rule of thumb. Business models inside Real Estate are more comparable, which makes gaps in ROE easier to interpret. Start with -14.07% here, then scan peer and history charts to see if the gap is persistent.
