ROIC % measures how well a company generates cash flow relative to the capital it has invested in its business. It is also called ROC %. Loop Industries's annualized return on invested capital (ROIC %) for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was -119.63%.
As of today (2024-05-04), Loop Industries's WACC % is 13.48%. Loop Industries's ROIC % is -172.77% (calculated using TTM income statement data).
Loop Industries earns returns that do not match up to its cost of capital. It will destroy value as it grows.
Loop Industries ROIC % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Loop Industries's ROIC % can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of Loop Industries's ROIC %
For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Loop Industries's ROIC %, along with its competitors' market caps and ROIC % data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Loop Industries's ROIC % Distribution in the Chemicals Industry
For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Loop Industries's ROIC % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Loop Industries's ROIC % falls into.
Loop Industries ROIC % Calculation
Loop Industries's annualized Return on Invested Capital (ROIC %) for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2023 is calculated as:
Note:
The Operating Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Nov. 2023) data.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Loop Industries (NAS:LOOP) ROIC % Explanation
ROIC % measures how well a company generates cash flow relative to the capital it has invested in its business. It is also called ROC %. The reason book values of debt and equity are used is because the book values are the capital the company received when issuing the debt or receiving the equity investments.
There are four key components to this definition. The first is the use of operating income or EBIT rather than net income in the numerator. The second is the tax adjustment to this operating income or EBIT, computed as a hypothetical tax based on an effective or marginal tax rate. The third is the use of book values for invested capital, rather than market values. The final is the timing difference; the capital invested is from the end of the prior year whereas the operating income or EBIT is the current year's number.
Why is ROIC % important?
Because it costs money to raise capital. A firm that generates higher returns on investment than it costs the company to raise the capital needed for that investment is earning excess returns. A firm that expects to continue generating positive excess returns on new investments in the future will see its value increase as growth increases, whereas a firm that earns returns that do not match up to its cost of capital will destroy value as it grows.
As of today, Loop Industries's WACC % is 13.48%. Loop Industries's ROIC % is -172.77% (calculated using TTM income statement data).
Be Aware
Like ROE % and ROA %, ROIC % is calculated with only 12 months of data. Fluctuations in the company's earnings or business cycles can affect the ratio drastically. It is important to look at the ratio from a long term perspective.
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Loop Industries (Loop Industries) Business Description
Loop Industries Inc is a technology and licensing company whose mission is to accelerate the world's shift toward sustainable plastic and away from dependence on fossil fuels. The company owns patented and proprietary technology that depolymerizes no and low value waste PET plastic and polyester fiber, including plastic bottles and packaging, carpet and polyester textile of any color, transparency or condition and even ocean plastics that have been degraded by the sun and salt, to its base building blocks (monomers). Its monomers are filtered, purified and repolymerized to create virgin-quality Loop branded PET plastic resin and polyester fiber suitable for use in food-grade packaging to be sold to consumer goods companies to help them meet their sustainability objectives.
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