China Mobile (China Mobile) ROCE % : 10.91% (As of Mar. 2024)

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What is China Mobile 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. China Mobile's annualized ROCE % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 10.91%.

China Mobile ROCE % Historical Data

The historical data trend for China Mobile's ROCE % can be seen below:

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China Mobile Annual Data

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12.93

12.64

12.69

11.87

12.13

China Mobile Quarterly Data
	Jun18	Dec18	Jun19	Dec19	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24
ROCE %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															10.76	17.51	11.24	9.66	10.91

China Mobile ROCE % Calculation

China Mobile'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 )
	=	24380.69	/	( ( (277627.838 - 76500.28)	+	(279075.796 - 78228.201) )	/ 2 )
	=	24380.69	/	( (201127.558	+	200847.595)	/ 2 )
	=	24380.69	/	200987.5765
	=	12.13 %

China Mobile's ROCE % of for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

ROCE %	=	EBIT ⁽¹⁾	/	( (Capital Employed	+	Capital Employed)	/ count )
		(Q: Mar. 2024 )		(Q: Dec. 2023 )		(Q: Mar. 2024 )
	=	EBIT	/	( ( (Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities)	+	(Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities) )	/ count )
		(Q: Mar. 2024 )		(Q: Dec. 2023 )		(Q: Mar. 2024 )
	=	21783.796	/	( ( (279075.796 - 78228.201)	+	(277109.074 - 78612.095) )	/ 2 )
	=	21783.796	/	( ( 200847.595	+	198496.979 )	/ 2 )
	=	21783.796	/	199672.287
	=	10.91 %

(1) Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2024) EBIT data.

China Mobile (NYSE:CHL) 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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China Mobile is not only the largest telecom operator in China by the number of mobile subscribers (990 million) but also the largest in the world. It has 60% of the total wireless market in China and 45% of the fixed-line broadband market. The firm is continuing to roll out its 5G network, having launched 5G service in late 2019. It is doing some 5G network sharing with China Broadnet at 700 MHz and also resells its 2G/4G/5G network through China Broadnet. Strong growth is being generated through internet data centers where it has the second-largest network in China and through Cloud Services. The company issued stock on the A-share market in 2022 and completed its first buyback of H-shares.