Return on capital (ROC) is after tax rate of return on net business assets. ROIC is unaffected by changes in interest rates or company debt and equity structure. It measures business productivity performance.
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- Income Statement
- Statement of Comprehensive Income
- Analysis of Long-term (Investment) Activity Ratios
- DuPont Analysis: Disaggregation of ROE, ROA, and Net Profit Margin
- Return on Equity (ROE) since 2005
- Return on Assets (ROA) since 2005
- Total Asset Turnover since 2005
- Analysis of Revenues
- Analysis of Debt
- Aggregate Accruals
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Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)
Dec 31, 2021 | Dec 31, 2020 | Dec 31, 2019 | Dec 31, 2018 | Dec 31, 2017 | ||
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Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions) | ||||||
Net operating profit after taxes (NOPAT)1 | ||||||
Invested capital2 | ||||||
Performance Ratio | ||||||
ROIC3 | ||||||
Benchmarks | ||||||
ROIC, Competitors4 | ||||||
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Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-12-31).
1 NOPAT. See details »
2 Invested capital. See details »
3 2021 Calculation
ROIC = 100 × NOPAT ÷ Invested capital
= 100 × ÷ =
4 Click competitor name to see calculations.
Performance ratio | Description | The company |
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ROIC | A measure of the periodic, after tax, cash-on-cash yield earned in the business. | International Business Machines Corp. ROIC deteriorated from 2019 to 2020 but then slightly improved from 2020 to 2021. |
Decomposition of ROIC
ROIC | = | OPM1 | × | TO2 | × | 1 – CTR3 | |
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Dec 31, 2021 | = | × | × | ||||
Dec 31, 2020 | = | × | × | ||||
Dec 31, 2019 | = | × | × | ||||
Dec 31, 2018 | = | × | × | ||||
Dec 31, 2017 | = | × | × |
Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-12-31).
1 Operating profit margin (OPM). See calculations »
2 Turnover of capital (TO). See calculations »
3 Effective cash tax rate (CTR). See calculations »
The primary reason for the increase in return on invested capital (ROIC) over 2021 year is the increase in profitability measured by operating profit margin (OPM) ratio.
Operating Profit Margin (OPM)
Dec 31, 2021 | Dec 31, 2020 | Dec 31, 2019 | Dec 31, 2018 | Dec 31, 2017 | ||
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Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions) | ||||||
Net operating profit after taxes (NOPAT)1 | ||||||
Add: Cash operating taxes2 | ||||||
Net operating profit before taxes (NOPBT) | ||||||
Revenue | ||||||
Add: Increase (decrease) in deferred income | ||||||
Adjusted revenue | ||||||
Profitability Ratio | ||||||
OPM3 | ||||||
Benchmarks | ||||||
OPM, Competitors4 | ||||||
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Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-12-31).
1 NOPAT. See details »
2 Cash operating taxes. See details »
3 2021 Calculation
OPM = 100 × NOPBT ÷ Adjusted revenue
= 100 × ÷ =
4 Click competitor name to see calculations.
Profitability ratio | Description | The company |
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OPM | The operating profit margin (OPM) is the ratio of pretax economic earnings, or NOPBT, to sales. | International Business Machines Corp. OPM deteriorated from 2019 to 2020 but then slightly improved from 2020 to 2021. |
Turnover of Capital (TO)
Dec 31, 2021 | Dec 31, 2020 | Dec 31, 2019 | Dec 31, 2018 | Dec 31, 2017 | ||
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Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions) | ||||||
Revenue | ||||||
Add: Increase (decrease) in deferred income | ||||||
Adjusted revenue | ||||||
Invested capital1 | ||||||
Efficiency Ratio | ||||||
TO2 | ||||||
Benchmarks | ||||||
TO, Competitors3 | ||||||
Accenture PLC | ||||||
Adobe Inc. | ||||||
Automatic Data Processing Inc. | ||||||
Intuit Inc. | ||||||
Mastercard Inc. | ||||||
Microsoft Corp. | ||||||
Oracle Corp. | ||||||
PayPal Holdings Inc. | ||||||
Salesforce Inc. | ||||||
ServiceNow Inc. | ||||||
Visa Inc. |
Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-12-31).
1 Invested capital. See details »
2 2021 Calculation
TO = Adjusted revenue ÷ Invested capital
= ÷ =
3 Click competitor name to see calculations.
Efficiency ratio | Description | The company |
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TO | The turnover of capital (TO) is the ratio of sales to invested capital. Capital turnover is a function of the efficiency of working capital management and of net fixed assets. | International Business Machines Corp. TO deteriorated from 2019 to 2020 and from 2020 to 2021. |
Effective Cash Tax Rate (CTR)
Dec 31, 2021 | Dec 31, 2020 | Dec 31, 2019 | Dec 31, 2018 | Dec 31, 2017 | ||
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Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions) | ||||||
Net operating profit after taxes (NOPAT)1 | ||||||
Add: Cash operating taxes2 | ||||||
Net operating profit before taxes (NOPBT) | ||||||
Tax Rate | ||||||
CTR3 | ||||||
Benchmarks | ||||||
CTR, Competitors4 | ||||||
Accenture PLC | ||||||
Adobe Inc. | ||||||
Automatic Data Processing Inc. | ||||||
Intuit Inc. | ||||||
Mastercard Inc. | ||||||
Microsoft Corp. | ||||||
Oracle Corp. | ||||||
PayPal Holdings Inc. | ||||||
Salesforce Inc. | ||||||
ServiceNow Inc. | ||||||
Visa Inc. |
Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-12-31).
1 NOPAT. See details »
2 Cash operating taxes. See details »
3 2021 Calculation
CTR = 100 × Cash operating taxes ÷ NOPBT
= 100 × ÷ =
4 Click competitor name to see calculations.
Tax rate | Description | The company |
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CTR | Effective cash tax rate on operating income. | International Business Machines Corp. CTR increased from 2019 to 2020 but then slightly decreased from 2020 to 2021. |