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Electronic Arts ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 132.16% (As of Sep. 2020)
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Joel Greenblatt defined Return on Capital differently in his book The Little Book That Still Beats the Market (Little Books. Big Profits). He defines ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % as EBIT divided by the total of Property, Plant and Equipment and net working capital. Electronic Arts's annualized ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2020 was 132.16%.

NAS:EA' s ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -52.95   Med: 198.8   Max: 345.6
Current: 321.05
-52.95
345.6

During the past 13 years, Electronic Arts's highest ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % was 345.60%. The lowest was -52.95%. And the median was 198.80%.

NAS:EA's ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked higher than
86% of the 541 Companies
in the Interactive Media industry.

( Industry Median: 18.98 vs. NAS:EA: 321.05 )

Electronic Arts's 5-Year average Growth Rate of ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % was 10.90% per year.

Electronic Arts ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

* All numbers are in millions except for per share data and ratio. All numbers are in their local exchange's currency.

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Electronic Arts Annual Data
Mar11 Mar12 Mar13 Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20
ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 200.89 287.51 336.19 249.06 345.60

Electronic Arts Quarterly Data
Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20
ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 265.77 348.69 382.88 425.36 132.16
Competitive Comparison
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Electronic Arts ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

* The bar in red indicates where Electronic Arts's ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.


Electronic Arts ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

Joel Greenblatt defined Return on Capital differently in his book The Little Book That Still Beats the Market (Little Books. Big Profits) . He defines Return on Capital as follows:

ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %=EBIT/Average of (Net fixed Assets + Net Working Capital)

EBIT stands for Earnings Before Interest and Taxes.

Fixed Assets are also known as non-current assets. They include the Property, Plant and Equipment that the firm needs in its operation.

GuruFocus calculates net working capital as: (Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Deferred Revenue + Other Current Liabilities). We're trying to account for OPERATING assets and liabilities (part of daily business) when calculating working capital. Cash and marketable securities are considered NON-OPERATING assets and are not included in calculation. We will also back out all interest bearing debt, short term debt and the portion of long term debt that is due in the current period from the current liabilities. This debt will be considered when computing cost of capital and it would be inappropriate to count it twice.

Working Capital(Q: Jun. 2020 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(507 + 0 + 223) - (550 + 992 + 352)
=-1164

Working Capital(Q: Sep. 2020 )
=(Accounts Receivable + Total Inventories + Other Current Assets) - (Accounts Payable & Accrued Expense + Defer. Rev. + Other Current Liabilities)
=(423 + 0 + 376) - (655 + 788 + 357)
=-1001

When net working capital is negative, 0 is used.

So ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % of Electronic Arts for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2020 can be restated as:

ROC (Joel Greenblatt) %(Q: Sep. 2020 )
=EBIT/Average of (Net fixed Assets + Net Working Capital)
=EBIT/Average of (Property, Plant and Equipment+Net Working Capital)
     Q: Jun. 2020  Q: Sep. 2020
=EBIT/( ( (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) + (Property, Plant and Equipment + Net Working Capital) )/ count )
=600/( ( (450 + max(-1164, 0)) + (458 + max(-1001, 0)) )/ 2 )
=600/( ( 450 + 458 )/ 2 )
=600/454
=132.16 %

Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Sep. 2020) EBIT data.

* All numbers are in millions except for per share data and ratio. All numbers are in their local exchange's currency.

Electronic Arts  (NAS:EA) ROC (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

The way Joel Greenblatt defines Return on Capital is a more accurate measure of how efficiently the company generates returns onthe capital actually invested in the business. EBIT is used instead of net income because the tax and interest payment may be affected by factors other than the core business operation. Intangible assets are not included in the calculation because they don't need to be replaced.

Joel Greenblatt uses his definition of Return on Capital and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % to rank companies.

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