The difference between ROE and 1 year return?

[LindaGR]

What is the difference between ROE (return on equity) and 1year return and how to understand them in relation to each other?

For example, on Bloomberg website I've opened info for
BLY (Boart Longyear)

where ROE is 84
and
1 year return is (-75).

What these 2 pieces of information are telling us about the performance of the company and how to understand them in relation to each other?

Thanks for any plain English answer because I am a newbie, sorry !

Thanks in advance
Linda

 

[dhukka]

What is the difference between ROE (return on equity) and 1year return and how to understand them in relation to each other?

For example, on Bloomberg website I've opened info for
BLY (Boart Longyear)

where ROE is 84
and
1 year return is (-75).

What these 2 pieces of information are telling us about the performance of the company and how to understand them in relation to each other?

Thanks for any plain English answer because I am a newbie, sorry !

Thanks in advance
Linda

ROE or Return on Equity is a measure of business performance and is calculated as follows:

Net Profit After Tax / Shareholders Equity

I year performance refers to BLY's share price performance over the past year, in this case it is down -75.5%, this one year return may possibly include any dividends paid to shareholders (if any) during that time. Hard to tell as I can't find a definition on Bloomberg.