Most readers would already be aware that Geo Energy Resources' (SGX:RE4) stock increased significantly by 43% over the past three months. Given the company's impressive performance, we decided to study its financial indicators more closely as a company's financial health over the long-term usually dictates market outcomes. Particularly, we will be paying attention toGeo Energy Resources'ROE today.How To Calculate Return On Equity?Return on Equity or ROE is a test of how effectively a company is growing its value and managing investors’ money. Simply put, it is used to assess the profitability of a company in relation to its equity capital.Return on equity can be calculated by using the formula:Return on Equity = Net Profit (from continuing operations) ÷ Shareholders' EquitySo, based on the

Investors inBlock, Inc.SQ need to pay close attention to the stock based on moves in the options market lately. That is because the Sep 16, 2022 $47.50 Call had some of the highest implied volatility of all equity options today.What is Implied Volatility?Implied volatility shows how much movement the market is expecting in the future. Options with high levels of implied volatility suggest that investors in the underlying stocks are expecting a big move in one direction or the other. It could also mean there is an event coming up soon that may cause a big rally or a huge sell off. However, implied volatility is only one piece of the puzzle when putting together an options trading strategy.What do the Analysts Think?    Clearly, options traders are pricing in a big move f

What HappenedNu Holdings(NU1.35%)had a rough month as its stock price plummeted 36.6% in May, according toS&P Global Market Intelligence.The Brazil-based digital bank was well off the pace of theS&P 500, which was essentially flat in May, up 0.2%, and theNasdaq Composite, which fell 1.9% last month. Nu's stock price is down about 52% year to date, trading at around $4 per share.So whatNu Holdingsis the holding company of Nubank, a digital bank based in Brazil that serves that country, along with Mexico and Colombia. It is considered one of the largest digital banks in the world, with some 60 million customers.The company went public last December at around $11 per share and it has been trending down ever since. The timing wasn't great, particularly forfintechs, as the Nasdaq Compos

Crowdstrike Holdings Inc (CRWD) is around the top of theSoftware - Infrastructureindustry according toInvestorsObserver. CRWD received an overall rating of 69, which means that it scores higher than 69 percent of all stocks. Crowdstrike Holdings Inc also achieved a score of 97 in theSoftware - Infrastructureindustry, putting it above 97 percent ofSoftware - Infrastructurestocks. Software - Infrastructure is ranked 81 out of the 148 industries. What do These Ratings Mean? Analyzing stocks can be hard. There are tons of numbers and ratios, and it can be hard to remember what they all mean and what counts as “good” for a given value.InvestorsObserverranks stocks on eight different metrics. We percentile rank most of our scores to make it easy for investors to understand. A score of 69 means t

David Iben put it well when he said, 'Volatility is not a risk we care about. What we care about is avoiding the permanent loss of capital.' So it might be obvious that you need to consider debt, when you think about how risky any given stock is, because too much debt can sink a company. We can see thatAdvanced Micro Devices, Inc.(NASDAQ:AMD) does use debt in its business. But should shareholders be worried about its use of debt?What Risk Does Debt Bring?Generally speaking, debt only becomes a real problem when a company can't easily pay it off, either by raising capital or with its own cash flow. Ultimately, if the company can't fulfill its legal obligations to repay debt, shareholders could walk away with nothing. While that is not too common, we often do see indebted companies permanent