Is Woodside Petroleum Ltd (ASX:WPL) Struggling With Its 6.7% Return On Capital Employed? [Yahoo! Finance News]
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Is Woodside Petroleum Ltd (ASX:WPL) Struggling With Its 6.7% Return On Capital Employed? Today we are going to look at Woodside Petroleum Ltd ASX:WPL First of all, we'll work out how to calculate ROCE. Then we'll compare its ROCE to similar companies. And finally, we'll look at how its current liabilities are impacting its ROCE. Understanding Return On Capital Employed ROCE) ROCE measures the amount of pre-tax profits a company can generate from the capital employed in its business. All else being equal, a better business will have a higher ROCE. In brief, it is a useful tool, but it is not without drawbacks. Author Edwin Whiting says How Do You Calculate Return On Capital Employed? The formula for calculating the return on capital employed is: Return on Capital Employed = Earnings Before Interest and Tax EBIT) ÷ Total Assets - Current Liabilities) Or for Woodside Petroleum: 0.067 = US$1.9b ÷ US$29b - US$1.0b) Based on the trailing twelve months to June 2019.) Therefore, Woodside Pet
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