Return on Capital (ROC)
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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- Balance Sheet: Assets
- Analysis of Liquidity Ratios
- Analysis of Solvency Ratios
- DuPont Analysis: Disaggregation of ROE, ROA, and Net Profit Margin
- Enterprise Value to EBITDA (EV/EBITDA)
- Dividend Discount Model (DDM)
- Return on Equity (ROE) since 2005
- Price to Sales (P/S) since 2005
- Analysis of Revenues
- Aggregate Accruals
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Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)
Lowe’s Cos. Inc., ROIC calculation, comparison to benchmarks
| Jan 28, 2022 | Jan 29, 2021 | Jan 31, 2020 | Feb 1, 2019 | Feb 2, 2018 | Feb 3, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions) | |||||||
| Net operating profit after taxes (NOPAT)1 | |||||||
| Invested capital2 | |||||||
| Performance Ratio | |||||||
| ROIC3 | |||||||
| Benchmarks | |||||||
| ROIC, Competitors4 | |||||||
| Amazon.com Inc. | |||||||
| Booking Holdings Inc. | |||||||
| Dollar Tree Inc. | |||||||
| Home Depot Inc. | |||||||
| Target Corp. | |||||||
| Ulta Beauty Inc. | |||||||
Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2022-01-28), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-01-29), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-01-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-02-01), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-02-02), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-02-03).
1 NOPAT. See details »
2 Invested capital. See details »
3 2022 Calculation
ROIC = 100 × NOPAT ÷ Invested capital
= 100 × ÷ =
4 Click competitor name to see calculations.
| Performance ratio | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| ROIC | A measure of the periodic, after tax, cash-on-cash yield earned in the business. | Lowe’s Cos. Inc. ROIC improved from 2020 to 2021 and from 2021 to 2022. |
Decomposition of ROIC
Lowe’s Cos. Inc., decomposition of ROIC
| ROIC | = | OPM1 | × | TO2 | × | 1 – CTR3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 2022 | = | × | × | ||||
| Jan 29, 2021 | = | × | × | ||||
| Jan 31, 2020 | = | × | × | ||||
| Feb 1, 2019 | = | × | × | ||||
| Feb 2, 2018 | = | × | × | ||||
| Feb 3, 2017 | = | × | × |
Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2022-01-28), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-01-29), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-01-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-02-01), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-02-02), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-02-03).
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 2022 year is the increase in profitability measured by operating profit margin (OPM) ratio.
Operating Profit Margin (OPM)
Lowe’s Cos. Inc., OPM calculation, comparison to benchmarks
| Jan 28, 2022 | Jan 29, 2021 | Jan 31, 2020 | Feb 1, 2019 | Feb 2, 2018 | Feb 3, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions) | |||||||
| Net operating profit after taxes (NOPAT)1 | |||||||
| Add: Cash operating taxes2 | |||||||
| Net operating profit before taxes (NOPBT) | |||||||
| Net sales | |||||||
| Add: Increase (decrease) in deferred revenue | |||||||
| Adjusted net sales | |||||||
| Profitability Ratio | |||||||
| OPM3 | |||||||
| Benchmarks | |||||||
| OPM, Competitors4 | |||||||
| Amazon.com Inc. | |||||||
| Booking Holdings Inc. | |||||||
| Dollar Tree Inc. | |||||||
| Home Depot Inc. | |||||||
| Target Corp. | |||||||
| Ulta Beauty Inc. | |||||||
Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2022-01-28), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-01-29), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-01-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-02-01), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-02-02), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-02-03).
1 NOPAT. See details »
2 Cash operating taxes. See details »
3 2022 Calculation
OPM = 100 × NOPBT ÷ Adjusted net sales
= 100 × ÷ =
4 Click competitor name to see calculations.
| Profitability ratio | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| OPM | The operating profit margin (OPM) is the ratio of pretax economic earnings, or NOPBT, to sales. | Lowe’s Cos. Inc. OPM improved from 2020 to 2021 and from 2021 to 2022. |
Turnover of Capital (TO)
Lowe’s Cos. Inc., TO calculation, comparison to benchmarks
| Jan 28, 2022 | Jan 29, 2021 | Jan 31, 2020 | Feb 1, 2019 | Feb 2, 2018 | Feb 3, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selected Financial Data (US$ in millions) | |||||||
| Net sales | |||||||
| Add: Increase (decrease) in deferred revenue | |||||||
| Adjusted net sales | |||||||
| Invested capital1 | |||||||
| Efficiency Ratio | |||||||
| TO2 | |||||||
| Benchmarks | |||||||
| TO, Competitors3 | |||||||
| Amazon.com Inc. | |||||||
| Booking Holdings Inc. | |||||||
| Dollar Tree Inc. | |||||||
| Home Depot Inc. | |||||||
| Target Corp. | |||||||
| Ulta Beauty Inc. | |||||||
Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2022-01-28), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-01-29), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-01-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-02-01), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-02-02), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-02-03).
1 Invested capital. See details »
2 2022 Calculation
TO = Adjusted net sales ÷ Invested capital
= ÷ =
3 Click competitor name to see calculations.
| Efficiency ratio | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Lowe’s Cos. Inc. TO improved from 2020 to 2021 and from 2021 to 2022. |
Effective Cash Tax Rate (CTR)
Lowe’s Cos. Inc., CTR calculation, comparison to benchmarks
| Jan 28, 2022 | Jan 29, 2021 | Jan 31, 2020 | Feb 1, 2019 | Feb 2, 2018 | Feb 3, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||
| Amazon.com Inc. | |||||||
| Booking Holdings Inc. | |||||||
| Dollar Tree Inc. | |||||||
| Home Depot Inc. | |||||||
| Target Corp. | |||||||
| Ulta Beauty Inc. | |||||||
Based on: 10-K (reporting date: 2022-01-28), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-01-29), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-01-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-02-01), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-02-02), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-02-03).
1 NOPAT. See details »
2 Cash operating taxes. See details »
3 2022 Calculation
CTR = 100 × Cash operating taxes ÷ NOPBT
= 100 × ÷ =
4 Click competitor name to see calculations.
| Tax rate | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| CTR | Effective cash tax rate on operating income. | Lowe’s Cos. Inc. CTR increased from 2020 to 2021 but then slightly decreased from 2021 to 2022 not reaching 2020 level. |