What Roe Means

Return on equity (ROE) is a financial ratio that shows how well a company is managing the capital that shareholders have invested in it. … The higher the ROE, the more efficient a company’s management is at generating income and growth from its equity financing.

Is roe the same as caviar?

All fish eggs are technically “roe”, but not all “roe” is caviar. The term caviar only applies to the fish roe in the sturgeon family Acipenseridae. Salmon roe and the roe from whitefish, trout, cod, red caviar, ikura, and tobiko, etc. are considered “caviar subsitutes” and not caviar.

Is roe an egg or sperm?

roe, either the mass of eggs of a female fish (hard roe) or the mass of sperm, or milt, of a male fish (soft roe), considered as food. The eggs of a number of fish are eaten, often after having been salted or smoked. The most prized of hard roes is that of the sturgeon, from which caviar is made.