return on net assets

American  

noun

Accounting.

1. the amount of profit computed by dividing net income before interest and taxes by the cost of net assets, usually expressed as a percentage. RONA

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Today the trend in business is non-integration, and companies measure profitability by looking at their return on net assets, a metric that favors moving assets off the balance sheet, not innovating.

From Time ● Jan. 23, 2013