Veresen (TSX:VSN.PR.A.PFD) ROCE % : 3.89% (As of Jun. 2017)

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What is Veresen 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. Veresen's annualized ROCE % for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2017 was 3.89%.

Veresen ROCE % Historical Data

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

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Veresen ROCE % Chart

Veresen Annual Data

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5.65

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4.42

3.16

0.19

Veresen Quarterly Data
	Sep12	Dec12	Mar13	Jun13	Sep13	Dec13	Mar14	Jun14	Sep14	Dec14	Mar15	Jun15	Sep15	Dec15	Mar16	Jun16	Sep16	Dec16	Mar17	Jun17
ROCE %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															2.63	4.31	-9.93	6.24	3.89

Veresen ROCE % Calculation

Veresen's annualized ROCE % for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2016 is calculated as:

ROCE %	=	EBIT	/	( (Capital Employed	+	Capital Employed)	/ count )
		(A: Dec. 2016 )		(A: Dec. 2015 )		(A: Dec. 2016 )
	=	EBIT	/	( ( (Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities)	+	(Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities) )	/ count )
		(A: Dec. 2016 )		(A: Dec. 2015 )		(A: Dec. 2016 )
	=	8	/	( ( (4564 - 105)	+	(4572 - 583) )	/ 2 )
	=	8	/	( (4459	+	3989)	/ 2 )
	=	8	/	4224
	=	0.19 %

Veresen's ROCE % of for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2017 is calculated as:

ROCE %	=	EBIT ⁽¹⁾	/	( (Capital Employed	+	Capital Employed)	/ count )
		(Q: Jun. 2017 )		(Q: Mar. 2017 )		(Q: Jun. 2017 )
	=	EBIT	/	( ( (Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities)	+	(Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities) )	/ count )
		(Q: Jun. 2017 )		(Q: Mar. 2017 )		(Q: Jun. 2017 )
	=	168	/	( ( (4740 - 264)	+	(4264 - 99) )	/ 2 )
	=	168	/	( ( 4476	+	4165 )	/ 2 )
	=	168	/	4320.5
	=	3.89 %

(1) Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Jun. 2017) EBIT data.

Veresen (TSX:VSN.PR.A.PFD) 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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Veresen Inc is an energy infrastructure company based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It owns and operates energy infrastructure assets across North America. The Company operates in three business segments, Pipelines, Midstream, and Power. The Company's Pipelines segment owns a 1,330-kilometre pipeline system that transports purity ethane from various Alberta ethane extraction plants to Alberta's major petrochemical complexes located near Joffre and Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta; and also owns a 3,000-kilometre natural gas pipeline comprised of a mainline and various connecting lateral pipelines. This pipeline extends from northeastern B.C. to points near Chicago, Illinois. It's Midstream Business segment is comprised of two natural gas processing plants with combined functional capacity of 516 mmcf/d, as well as approximately 40,000 horsepower of compression and 370 km of gas gathering lines and is located in the Cutbank Ridge region of Alberta and British Columbia. The Hythe plant processes both sour and sweet natural gas, while the Steeprock plant is a sour gas processing facility. While, its Power Business segment operates, a Gas-Fired Generation facility consisting of an 86-MW cogeneration facility located in Windsor, Ontario; 17-MW cogeneration facility located in London, Ontario; 49-MW cogeneration facility located in Ripon, California; 44-MW cogeneration facility located in Pomona, California; and 70-MW combined cycle power cogeneration facility located in Brush, Colorado; an district energy system that produces and distributes steam and chilled water fueled primarily by natural gas, located in London, Ontario; and a district energy system that produces and distributes steam, hot water and electricity fueled primarily by biomass and waste fuel, located in Charlottetown, P.E.I.; a Run-of-River Hydro facility that produces a 33-MW run-of-river hydroelectric power located on the Black River near Watertown, New York; an 11-MW run-of-river power facility located 30 km north of Vancouver, B.C.; two 5-MW waste-heat power generation facilities located at Spectra pipeline's 150 Mile House and Savona, B.C. compressor stations; and a 33-MW wind project under construction in the County of Huron, Ontario; and also operates two wind power facilities, 9-MW and 11-MW, respectively, near Grand Valley, Ontario.

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