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The main drawback of ROCE is that it measures return against the book value of assets in the business. As these are depreciated the ROCE will increase even though cash flow has remained the same. Thus, older businesses with depreciated assets will tend to have higher ROCE than newer, possibly better
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is used to prove the value the business gains from its assets and liabilities. Companies create value whenever they are able to generate returns on capital above the weighted average cost of capital (WACC). A business which owns much land will have a smaller ROCE compared to a business which owns
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In the denominator we have net assets or capital employed instead of total assets (which is the case of Return on Assets). Capital Employed has many definitions. In general it is the capital investment necessary for a business to function. It is commonly represented as
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businesses. In addition, while cash flow is affected by inflation, the book value of assets is not. Consequently, revenues increase with inflation while capital employed generally does not (as the book value of assets is not affected by inflation).
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is an accounting ratio used in finance, valuation, and accounting. It is a useful measure for comparing the relative profitability of companies after taking into account the amount of capital used.
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ROCE uses the reported (period end) capital numbers; if one instead uses the average of the opening and closing capital for the period, one obtains
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It basically can be used to show how much a business is gaining for its assets, or how much it is losing for its liabilities.
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Fernandes, Nuno. Finance for Executives: A Practical Guide for Managers. NPV Publishing, 2014, Chapter 3.
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Index

Return on equity
return on assets
total assets
current liabilities
fixed assets
working capital
Cash flow return on investment
Cash surplus value added
Economic value added
Return on assets
Return on equity
Return on invested capital
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Financial ratios
Buffett indicator
Cyclically adjusted price-to-earnings
Capitalization rate
Cash return on cash invested
Debt-to-equity
Dividend cover
Dividend payout
Earnings yield
Enterprise value/EBITDA
Enterprise value/gross cash invested
Enterprise value/sales

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