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June 19, 2006

How do you calculate Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)?

Return on capital employed is used as a measurement of the performance of a division of a company. It assumes that the division is not responsible for its financing and income taxes. (Financing and income taxes are the responsibility of the division’s headquarters or executive’s office.) With that in mind, ROCE is calculated as follows:

The division’s Operating Income (before income taxes and before interest expense) divided bythe Assets Employed at the division.

This calculation is very similar to return on investment (ROI) and could be broken down to be: [Sales divided by Assets Employed] times [Operating Income before taxes and interest divided by Sales] = Operating Income divided by Assets Employed = ROCE.






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10 Responses to “How do you calculate Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)?”

  1. niteshchatter on April 12th, 2007 12:26 pm

    please tell me how to calculate capital employed . and why we not lessed the proposeddividend while calculating the capital employed ?

  2. peter on December 19th, 2007 4:26 am

    i want some questions and their answers for OL and AS { edexcel)accounting as past papers

  3. vijay kadam on January 24th, 2008 3:59 am

    How to calculated Capital Employed
    By Owners Fund & By Borrowing Fund ?

  4. Tizzy on February 4th, 2008 8:40 am

    hi peter if you want you can buy them they are only 3sterlings from their website.
    Can someone tel me how to calculate the capital employed??

  5. FATMAT ASMEEN APPIEDU on March 15th, 2008 11:10 am

    please tell me how to calculate ROCE . incude gross profit margin margin andnet profit margin and how to reduce expenses and net asset turnover.

  6. Sherry on March 31st, 2008 3:14 am

    how to calculate profit before interest and tax

  7. Chila on November 12th, 2008 2:43 am

    please help me on how to calculate ratios especially return on capital employed

  8. Charles on November 27th, 2008 9:21 am

    Calculating of Net Asset

  9. Charles on November 27th, 2008 9:23 am

    Please how do i calculate ROF & EPS, What constitutes ordinary shares

  10. Charles on November 27th, 2008 9:25 am

    What is the meaning of C O R E and its composition in Financial Analysis

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