[May 18, 2013] Optibase has the Lowest Return on Equity in the Diversified Real Estate Activities Industry (OBAS, CTO, JOE, TRC, BAM) Tweet May 18, 2013 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the three companies in the Diversified Real Estate Activities industry with the lowest return on equity. The ROE is a general indication of the company's efficiency; investors usually look for companies with ROEs that are high and are growing.Optibase ranks lowest with a ROE of -0.8%. Following is Consolidated-Tomoka Land with a ROE of 0.4%. St. Joe ranks third lowest with a ROE of 0.8%. Tejon Ranch follows with a ROE of 1.8%, and Brookfield Asset Management rounds out the bottom five with a ROE of 7.1%. SmarTrend is tracking the current trend status for Brookfield Asset Management and will alert subscribers who have BAM in their portfolio or watchlist when shares have changed trend direction. Write to Chip Brian at [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SmarTrend analyzes over 5,000 securities simultaneously throughout the trading day and provides its subscribers with trend change alerts in real time. To get a free trial of our trading calls and maximize your trading results, please visit http://www.MySmarTrend.com Get exclusive, actionable insight into how the market is expected to trend prior to market open with our free morning newsletter. Sign up at: http://www.MySmarTrend.com/signup [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]