• Smith & Nephew SNATS average return on equity for 2013 was 15.24, a 25% decline from 2012.
• Smith & Nephew SNATS average return on equity for 2012 was 20.32, a 4.24% decline from 2011.
• Smith & Nephew SNATS average return on equity for 2011 was 21.22, a 15.59% decline from 2010.

Roe - return on equity can be defined as the amount of net income returned as a percentage of shareholders equity. Return on equity measures a corporation's profitability by revealing how much profit a company generates with the money shareholders have invested.