Equity = Assets -Liabilities
Equity is also referred to as the first loss when earnings are depleted. Equity = Common Stock (at Par) + Paid in capital + Pref. Stock + R/E (NI)
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EQUITY MULTIPLIER=Total Assets / Total Stockholders' Equity
Formula to Find the Equity
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To compute for ROE if there is loss and negative equity, divide the company's net income by the stockholders' equity. A negative ROE does not necessarily mean bad news.
The scope of statistics in accounting is very broad and the two of them are correlated. Most of the accounting procedures will depend on statistics.