Avistar Communications (Avistar Communications) ROCE % : 0.00% (As of Mar. 2012)

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What is Avistar Communications 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. Avistar Communications's annualized ROCE % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2012 was 0.00%.

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Avistar Communications ROCE % Calculation

Avistar Communications's annualized ROCE % for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2011 is calculated as:

ROCE %	=	EBIT	/	( (Capital Employed	+	Capital Employed)	/ count )
		(A: Dec. 2011 )		(A: Dec. 2010 )		(A: Dec. 2011 )
	=	EBIT	/	( ( (Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities)	+	(Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities) )	/ count )
		(A: Dec. 2011 )		(A: Dec. 2010 )		(A: Dec. 2011 )
	=	-6.223	/	( ( (3.266 - 11.059)	+	(5.163 - 14.695) )	/ 2 )
	=	-6.223	/	( (-7.793	+	-9.532)	/ 2 )
	=	-6.223	/	-8.6625
	=	71.84 %

Avistar Communications's ROCE % of for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2012 is calculated as:

ROCE %	=	EBIT ⁽¹⁾	/	( (Capital Employed	+	Capital Employed)	/ count )
		(Q: Mar. 2012 )		(Q: Dec. 2011 )		(Q: Mar. 2012 )
	=	EBIT	/	( ( (Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities)	+	(Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities) )	/ count )
		(Q: Mar. 2012 )		(Q: Dec. 2011 )		(Q: Mar. 2012 )
	=	-5.56	/	( ( (5.163 - 14.695)	+	(3.259 - 17.045) )	/ 2 )
	=	-5.56	/	( ( -9.532	+	-13.786 )	/ 2 )
	=	-5.56	/	-11.659
	=	0 %

(1) Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2012) EBIT data.

Avistar Communications (OTCPK:AVSR) 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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Avistar Communications (Avistar Communications) Business Description

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1855 South Grant Street, 4th Floor, San Mateo, CA, USA, 94402

Website

http://www.avistar.com

Avistar Communications Corp creates technology that provides the missing critical element in unified communications: bringing people in organizations face-to-face, through enhanced communications for the true collaboration anytime, anyplace. The company's solutions include Bandwidth Management, CEBP, Firewall Traversal and Enterprise Endpoints. Its products include Avistar C3 Communicator, Avistar C3 Conference, Avistar C3 Command, Avistar C3 Call Control and Avistar C3 Media Engine.

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