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Return on capital

Return on capital (ROC), or return on invested capital (ROIC), is a ratio used in finance, valuation and accounting, as a measure of the profitability and value-creating potential of companies relative to the amount of capital invested by shareholders and other debtholders. It indicates how effective a company is at turning capital into profits.

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Return on invested capital formula

Return on equityReturn on assetsDebt-to-equity ratiosWeighted average cost of capital
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FinanceValuationAccountingOperating incomeNOPAT
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Return on capital

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Return on capital → Cash, CFROI, CommissionerNegative, Fairfield Plaza, Inc, Profit, Return, RoA, ROB, ROCE, RoNA, Tendency

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capital return invested cash average roic wacc value flows income finance nopat cost represents depreciation asset expected amount company operating

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return on equityinstance ofWhile ratios0.80text
return on assets use net income as the numeratorinstance ofWhile ratios0.80text
ROIC uses net operating income after taxinstance ofWhile ratios0.80text
Return on capitalsee alsoCash0.60section
Return on capitalsee alsoCFROI0.60section
Return on capitalsee alsoFairfield Plaza0.60section
Return on capitalsee alsoInc0.60section
Return on capitalsee alsoCommissionerNegative0.60section
Return on capitalsee alsoProfit0.60section
Return on capitalsee alsoRoA0.60section
Return on capitalsee alsoReturn0.60section
Return on capitalsee alsoROB0.60section

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