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A company can improve its return on equity in a number of ways, but here are the five most common. 1. Use more financial leverage. Companies can finance themselves with debt and equity capital. By increasing the amount of debt capital relative to its equity capital, a company can increase its return on equity. We'll use a (fictional) lemonade stand as an example for how the use of debt can increase a company's return on equity.
Increase Retained Earnings. As revenues increase, all other things being equal, net income increases. As net income increases, retained earnings increase by the amount of the net income less any cash dividends that are paid. If retained earnings increase, shareholdersâ equity increases by the same amount. For example, if a companyâs 2013 net income is $1 million and no cash dividends are paid, retained earnings increases by $1 million and stockholdersâ equity increases by the same amount.