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Newalta (Newalta) ROCE % : -2.50% (As of Mar. 2018)


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What is Newalta 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. Newalta's annualized ROCE % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2018 was -2.50%.


Newalta ROCE % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Newalta's ROCE % 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.

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Newalta ROCE % Chart

Newalta Annual Data
Trend Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17
ROCE %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.39 1.25 -17.07 -18.65 -3.66

Newalta Quarterly Data
Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18
ROCE % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -5.02 -5.33 1.33 -5.79 -2.50

Newalta ROCE % Calculation

Newalta's annualized ROCE % for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2017 is calculated as:

ROCE %=EBIT/( (Capital Employed+Capital Employed)/ count )
(A: Dec. 2017 )  (A: Dec. 2016 )(A: Dec. 2017 )
=EBIT/( ( (Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities)+(Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities) )/ count )
(A: Dec. 2017 )  (A: Dec. 2016 )(A: Dec. 2017 )
=-18.081/( ( (547.093 - 49.346) + (538.991 - 48.766) )/ 2 )
=-18.081/( (497.747+490.225)/ 2 )
=-18.081/493.986
=-3.66 %

Newalta's ROCE % of for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2018 is calculated as:

ROCE %=EBIT (1)/( (Capital Employed+Capital Employed)/ count )
(Q: Mar. 2018 )  (Q: Dec. 2017 )(Q: Mar. 2018 )
=EBIT/( ( (Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities)+(Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities) )/ count )
(Q: Mar. 2018 )  (Q: Dec. 2017 )(Q: Mar. 2018 )
=-12.208/( ( (538.991 - 48.766) + (537.884 - 49.726) )/ 2 )
=-12.208/( ( 490.225 + 488.158 )/ 2 )
=-12.208/489.1915
=-2.50 %

(1) Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2018) EBIT 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.


Newalta  (OTCPK:NWLTF) 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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Newalta (Newalta) Business Description

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Newalta Corp is engaged in providing engineered environmental solutions, which enable customers to reduce disposal, enhance recycling and recover valuable resources from oil and gas exploration and production waste streams. The operating segments of the group are Heavy oil and Oilfield. It generates maximum revenue from the Oilfield segment which includes the processing of oilfield-generated wastes, including treatment, water disposal, clean oil terminalling, landfilling, the sale of recovered crude oil and the supply and operation of drill site processing equipment, including solids control and drill cuttings management; as well as environmental services like environmental projects, drilling waste management services and site remediation. The group operates in Canada and the US.

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