Chart of the Day: How efficient are companies in utilizing resources?

A SingStat survey looked into the corporate sector’s rate of return on total assets.

The Singapore Department of Statistics reported:

The rate of return on total assets (ROA) measures how efficient resources are being utilized by companies.

ROA of Singapore's corporate sector improved marginally from 4.5 per cent in 2009 to 4.7 per cent in 2010.

Among major sectors, the highest ROA in 2010 was registered by the information & communications (17.7 per cent) sector followed by the manufacturing (11.6 per cent) sector. ROA of information & communications sector rose from 7.4 per cent in 2009 to 17.7 per cent in 2010, while manufacturing ROA eased from 12.8 per cent to 11.6 per cent. ROA in the real estate sector also improved significantly, rebounding from 3.6 per cent in 2009 to 8.9 per cent in 2010.