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Daily Brief ESG: ROE Trends Do Not Seem to Indicate a Significant Change in Management’s Mindset? and more

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  • ROE Trends Do Not Seem to Indicate a Significant Change in Management’s Mindset?


ROE Trends Do Not Seem to Indicate a Significant Change in Management’s Mindset?

By Aki Matsumoto

  • The fact that only 7% of companies disclosed their cost of capital disappoints investors who had hoped that the “TSE request” would change management’s mindset to become more share-price conscious.
  • The average ROE of listed companies declined slightly. This indicates that they haven’t been able to find effective investments to raise business profitability and that shareholder returns have been inadequate.
  • The ROE trend does not indicate a significant change in management’s mindset, so this will be a major issue if the stock price moves lower to the June AGM season.

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