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Return on Capital (ROC)
Difficulty: Advanced
Return on capital (ROC) is after tax rate of return on net business assets. ROIC is unaffected by changes in interest rates or company’s debt and equity structure. It measures business productivity performance.
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)
Danaher Corp., ROIC calculation
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Based on: 10-K (filing date: 2018-02-21), 10-K (filing date: 2017-02-22), 10-K (filing date: 2016-02-24), 10-K (filing date: 2015-02-25), 10-K (filing date: 2014-02-21).
2017 Calculations
1 NOPAT. See Details »
2 Invested capital. See Details »
3 ROIC = 100 × NOPAT ÷ Invested capital
= 100 × ÷ =
| Ratio | Description | The company |
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| ROIC | A measure of the periodic, after tax, cash-on-cash yield earned in the business. | Danaher Corp.’s ROIC deteriorated from 2015 to 2016 but then improved from 2016 to 2017 not reaching 2015 level. |