United Therapeutics (FRA:UTH) ROCE % : 19.44% (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is United Therapeutics ROCE %?

ROCE % measures how well a company generates profits from its capital. It is calculated as EBIT divided by Capital Employed, where Capital Employed is calculated as Total Assets minus Total Current Liabilities. United Therapeutics's annualized ROCE % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 19.44%.

United Therapeutics ROCE % Historical Data

The historical data trend for United Therapeutics's ROCE % can be seen below:

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United Therapeutics Annual Data

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-3.72

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21.81

United Therapeutics Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
ROCE %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															13.24	20.75	22.57	23.52	19.44

United Therapeutics ROCE % Calculation

United Therapeutics's annualized ROCE % for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

ROCE %	=	EBIT	/	( (Capital Employed	+	Capital Employed)	/ count )
		(A: Dec. 2023 )		(A: Dec. 2022 )		(A: Dec. 2023 )
	=	EBIT	/	( ( (Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities)	+	(Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities) )	/ count )
		(A: Dec. 2023 )		(A: Dec. 2022 )		(A: Dec. 2023 )
	=	1222.911	/	( ( (5706.008 - 323.981)	+	(6572.139 - 737.635) )	/ 2 )
	=	1222.911	/	( (5382.027	+	5834.504)	/ 2 )
	=	1222.911	/	5608.2655
	=	21.81 %

United Therapeutics's ROCE % of for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

ROCE %	=	EBIT ⁽¹⁾	/	( (Capital Employed	+	Capital Employed)	/ count )
		(Q: Dec. 2023 )		(Q: Sep. 2023 )		(Q: Dec. 2023 )
	=	EBIT	/	( ( (Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities)	+	(Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities) )	/ count )
		(Q: Dec. 2023 )		(Q: Sep. 2023 )		(Q: Dec. 2023 )
	=	1138.912	/	( ( (6581.113 - 697.222)	+	(6572.139 - 737.635) )	/ 2 )
	=	1138.912	/	( ( 5883.891	+	5834.504 )	/ 2 )
	=	1138.912	/	5859.1975
	=	19.44 %

(1) Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBIT data.

United Therapeutics (FRA:UTH) ROCE % Explanation

ROCE % can be especially useful when comparing the performance of capital-intensive companies. Unlike ROE %, which indicates the profitability of Shareholders Equity, ROCE % also considers long-term debt in Capital Employed. This can be helpful when analyzing companies with significant debt, as the result is neutralized by taking debt into consideration.

Generally speaking, a higher ROCE % indicates a stonger profitability for a company. Moreover, it is important to look at the ratio from a long term perspective. Investors tend to favor companies with stable and rising ROCE % trend over those with volatile ones.

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United Therapeutics specializes in drug development for pulmonary arterial hypertension, a rare and progressive disease marked by abnormally high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs. The company's therapies for PAH largely focus on the prostacyclin pathway, and many of its treatments are based on the same molecule, treprostinil. Most of the company's sales are generated within the United States. United Therapeutics also markets a pediatric oncology drug, but its focus largely remains in pulmonary arterial hypertension.

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