Associated British Foods (LSE:ABF) ROIC % : 9.29% (As of Feb. 2024)

Associated British Foods ROIC % Chart

Associated British Foods Annual Data
	Trend	Aug14	Aug15	Aug16	Aug17	Aug18	Aug19	Aug20	Aug21	Aug22	Aug23
ROIC %		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					9.38	5.11	4.61	5.92	6.84

Associated British Foods Semi-Annual Data
	Aug14	Feb15	Aug15	Feb16	Aug16	Feb17	Aug17	Feb18	Aug18	Feb19	Aug19	Feb20	Aug20	Feb21	Aug21	Feb22	Aug22	Feb23	Aug23	Feb24
ROIC %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															7.65	4.68	6.91	7.23	9.29

Competitive Comparison of Associated British Foods's ROIC %

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Associated British Foods'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.

Associated British Foods's ROIC % Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Associated British Foods's ROIC % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Associated British Foods's ROIC % falls into.

Associated British Foods ROIC % Calculation

Associated British Foods's annualized Return on Invested Capital (ROIC %) for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as:

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Associated British Foods's annualized Return on Invested Capital (ROIC %) for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as:

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Note: The Operating Income data used here is two times the semi-annual (Feb. 2024) 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.

Associated British Foods  (LSE:ABF) 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, Associated British Foods's WACC % is 12.24%. Associated British Foods's ROIC % is 8.18% (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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