S4 Capital (LSE:SFOR) ROCE % : 2.59% (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is S4 Capital 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. S4 Capital's annualized ROCE % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.59%.

S4 Capital ROCE % Historical Data

The historical data trend for S4 Capital's ROCE % can be seen below:

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S4 Capital ROCE % Chart

S4 Capital Annual Data

Trend

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

ROCE %

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-1.22

0.73

-4.52

-11.19

0.92

S4 Capital Semi-Annual Data
	Jun17	Jun18	Jun19	Dec19	Jun20	Dec20	Jun21	Dec21	Jun22	Dec22	Jun23	Dec23
ROCE %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial							-5.87	-11.67	-10.16	-0.72	2.59

S4 Capital ROCE % Calculation

S4 Capital'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 )
	=	11.7	/	( ( (1933 - 642.5)	+	(1719.9 - 454.6) )	/ 2 )
	=	11.7	/	( (1290.5	+	1265.3)	/ 2 )
	=	11.7	/	1277.9
	=	0.92 %

S4 Capital'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: Jun. 2023 )		(Q: Dec. 2023 )
	=	EBIT	/	( ( (Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities)	+	(Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities) )	/ count )
		(Q: Dec. 2023 )		(Q: Jun. 2023 )		(Q: Dec. 2023 )
	=	32.6	/	( ( (1780.3 - 529.1)	+	(1719.9 - 454.6) )	/ 2 )
	=	32.6	/	( ( 1251.2	+	1265.3 )	/ 2 )
	=	32.6	/	1258.25
	=	2.59 %

(1) Note: The EBIT data used here is two times the semi-annual (Dec. 2023) EBIT data.

S4 Capital (LSE:SFOR) 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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S4 Capital PLC is the new age/new era digital advertising and marketing services company. It builds a purely digital advertising and marketing services business for global, multinational, regional, and local clients and millennial-driven influencer brands. The company integrates businesses in three practice areas: First-Party Data, Content, and Programmatic. Along with an emphasis on faster, cheaper executions in an always-on consumer-led environment, with a unitary structure. The company operates in three reportable segments Content practice, Data&Digital Media practice, and Technology Services practice.

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