# return_on_assets

Net income ÷ total assets. Quarterly figure.

A numeric signal column on the Tickerbot computed state table (20,798+ ticker rows) — computed by the platform, queryable by bare name across the API. Values are NULL on rows the signal doesn't apply to.

- Group: Fundamentals
- Category: Margins & ratios
- Type: numeric
- Update cadence: post-close daily
- Intervals: 1d
- Universe: all tickers
- History: full · since 2009
- Nullable: yes

## Query it

Every applicable form factor, grouped by endpoint family. Response payloads are real captures, sampled 2026-08-18 and trimmed; your run's values and dates will differ.

### Use signals — `/v2/signals/{signal}`

One signal across the market: who matches now, who matched then, and a push when someone starts. (https://tickerbot.io/docs/endpoints/signals.md)

#### Live — every ticker with return_on_assets above a cutoff

```bash
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/return_on_assets" \
  --data-urlencode "condition=> 0.0863" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
```

Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed):

```json
{
 "as_of": "2026-08-18T00:25:37.123Z",
 "signal": "return_on_assets",
 "condition": "> 0.0863",
 "universe": null,
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "PBT",
   "name": "Permian Basin Royalty Trust",
   "value": 1.7207
  },
  {
   "ticker": "SBR",
   "name": "Sabine Royalty Trust",
   "value": 1.5671
  }
 ]
}
```

#### As-of — the same read at a past date

```bash
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/return_on_assets" \
  --data-urlencode "condition=> 0.0863" \
  -d "asof=2026-05-20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
```

Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed):

```json
{
 "as_of": "2026-05-20",
 "signal": "return_on_assets",
 "condition": "> 0.0863",
 "universe": null,
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "SRXH",
   "name": "SRX Global Inc",
   "value": 2.5120209473934776
  },
  {
   "ticker": "CVM",
   "name": "Cel-Sci Corporation",
   "value": 1.5883490291218687
  }
 ]
}
```

#### Subscribe — webhook when a ticker starts matching

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/return_on_assets/subscribe" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{"condition": "> 0.0863", "target_url": "https://example.com/hooks/tickerbot"}'
```

Returns 201 with the created webhook — the same shape as GET /v2/webhooks/{id}, plus a one-time signing_secret for HMAC verification.

### Use scan — `/v2/scan`

The whole market through a WHERE clause — this signal composed freely with any other column. (https://tickerbot.io/docs/endpoints/scan.md)

#### Live — the whole market, ranked by this column

```bash
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan" \
  --data-urlencode "q=return_on_assets IS NOT NULL" \
  -d "order=return_on_assets" -d "columns=return_on_assets" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
```

Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed):

```json
{
 "as_of": "2026-08-18T00:25:39.229Z",
 "query": {
  "q": "return_on_assets IS NOT NULL",
  "limit": 2,
  "order": "return_on_assets",
  "dir": "desc",
  "fields": [
   "return_on_assets"
  ],
  "full": false,
  "universe": null,
  "asset_class": null
 },
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "PBT",
   "name": "Permian Basin Royalty Trust",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 32.975,
   "day_change_pct": 0.0087,
   "gap_pct": null,
   "relative_volume": null,
   "market_cap": 1523641541,
   "return_on_assets": 1.7207
  },
  {
   "ticker": "SBR",
   "name": "Sabine Royalty Trust",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 72.795,
   "day_change_pct": -0.0014,
   "gap_pct": -0.0062,
   "relative_volume": null,
   "market_cap": 1062834250,
   "return_on_assets": 1.5671
  }
 ]
}
```

#### As-of — the same scan at a past date

```bash
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan" \
  --data-urlencode "q=return_on_assets IS NOT NULL" \
  -d "order=return_on_assets" -d "columns=return_on_assets" \
  -d "asof=2026-05-20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
```

Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed):

```json
{
 "as_of": "2026-05-20",
 "query": {
  "q": "return_on_assets IS NOT NULL",
  "asof": "2026-05-20",
  "interval": "auto",
  "limit": 2,
  "order": "return_on_assets",
  "dir": "desc",
  "fields": [
   "return_on_assets"
  ],
  "full": false,
  "universe": null,
  "asset_class": null
 },
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "SRXH",
   "name": "SRX Global Inc",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 0.1175,
   "day_change_pct": 2.1739130434782505,
   "gap_pct": 3.4782608695652084,
   "relative_volume": 0.56234661117306,
   "market_cap": 208254,
   "return_on_assets": 2.5120209473934776
  },
  {
   "ticker": "CVM",
   "name": "Cel-Sci Corporation",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 1.59,
   "day_change_pct": 0,
   "gap_pct": 0,
   "relative_volume": 0.5540355133125211,
   "market_cap": 1604847,
   "return_on_assets": 1.5883490291218687
  }
 ]
}
```

#### Subscribe — webhook on a market-wide condition

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan/subscribe" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{"q": "return_on_assets > 0.0863", "target_url": "https://example.com/hooks/tickerbot"}'
```

Returns 201 with the created webhook object; deliveries carry the tickers matching the condition at each evaluation.

### Use series — `/v2/series`

Its history over time, on one aligned grid. (https://tickerbot.io/docs/endpoints/series.md)

#### History — the column on an aligned time grid

```bash
curl "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/series?tickers=AAPL,MSFT&columns=close,return_on_assets" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
```

Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed):

```json
{
 "as_of": "2026-08-18T00:25:41.769Z",
 "interval": "1d",
 "tickers": [
  "AAPL",
  "MSFT"
 ],
 "columns": [
  "close",
  "return_on_assets"
 ],
 "count": 6,
 "series": {
  "AAPL": [
   {
    "t": "2026-08-12",
    "close": 302.25,
    "return_on_assets": 0.0797
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-08-13",
    "close": 305.26,
    "return_on_assets": 0.0797
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-08-14",
    "close": 305.93,
    "return_on_assets": 0.0797
   }
  ],
  "MSFT": [
   {
    "t": "2026-08-12",
    "close": 492.43,
    "return_on_assets": 0.0472
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-08-13",
    "close": 496.88,
    "return_on_assets": 0.0472
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-08-14",
    "close": 495.4,
    "return_on_assets": 0.0472
   }
  ]
 }
}
```

## Related signals (Margins & ratios)

- [current_ratio](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/current_ratio.md)
- [debt_to_equity](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/debt_to_equity.md)
- [gross_margin](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/gross_margin.md)
- [high_margin](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/high_margin.md)
- [operating_margin](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/operating_margin.md)
- [operating_margin_ttm](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/operating_margin_ttm.md)
- [profit_margin](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/profit_margin.md)
- [profit_margin_ttm](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/profit_margin_ttm.md)
- [profitable](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/profitable.md)
- [quick_ratio](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/quick_ratio.md)
- [return_on_assets_ttm](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/return_on_assets_ttm.md)
- [return_on_equity](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/return_on_equity.md)
- [return_on_equity_ttm](https://tickerbot.io/docs/signals/return_on_equity_ttm.md)

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