Compuware (FRA:CWR) ROCE % : 4.29% (As of Sep. 2014)

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What is Compuware 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. Compuware's annualized ROCE % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was 4.29%.

Compuware ROCE % Historical Data

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

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Compuware ROCE % Chart

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13.26

6.80

7.51

2.90

3.22

Compuware Quarterly Data
	Dec09	Mar10	Jun10	Sep10	Dec10	Mar11	Jun11	Sep11	Dec11	Mar12	Jun12	Sep12	Dec12	Mar13	Jun13	Sep13	Dec13	Mar14	Jun14	Sep14
ROCE %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															3.03	8.93	-5.39	-0.93	4.29

Compuware ROCE % Calculation

Compuware's annualized ROCE % for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2014 is calculated as:

ROCE %	=	EBIT	/	( (Capital Employed	+	Capital Employed)	/ count )
		(A: Mar. 2014 )		(A: Mar. 2013 )		(A: Mar. 2014 )
	=	EBIT	/	( ( (Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities)	+	(Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities) )	/ count )
		(A: Mar. 2014 )		(A: Mar. 2013 )		(A: Mar. 2014 )
	=	34.599	/	( ( (1523.374 - 428.522)	+	(1443.91 - 388.507) )	/ 2 )
	=	34.599	/	( (1094.852	+	1055.403)	/ 2 )
	=	34.599	/	1075.1275
	=	3.22 %

Compuware's ROCE % of for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 is calculated as:

ROCE %	=	EBIT ⁽¹⁾	/	( (Capital Employed	+	Capital Employed)	/ count )
		(Q: Sep. 2014 )		(Q: Jun. 2014 )		(Q: Sep. 2014 )
	=	EBIT	/	( ( (Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities)	+	(Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities) )	/ count )
		(Q: Sep. 2014 )		(Q: Jun. 2014 )		(Q: Sep. 2014 )
	=	45.28	/	( ( (1373.441 - 338.938)	+	(1435.5 - 357.339) )	/ 2 )
	=	45.28	/	( ( 1034.503	+	1078.161 )	/ 2 )
	=	45.28	/	1056.332
	=	4.29 %

(1) Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Sep. 2014) EBIT data.

Compuware (FRA:CWR) 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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Compuware Corp a Michigan corporation was incorporated in 1973. The Company delivers services and software that enable its customers' important technologies to perform at their peak. It delivers the solutions through software that is installed and run on its customers' owned hardware and applications and through a Software as a Service ('SaaS') model accessed via its hosted networks. It has six business segments: Application Performance Managemen (APM), Mainframe, Changepoint, Uniface, Professional Services and Covisint Application Services ('Covisint'). Its Compuware Application Performance Management ('Compuware APM') consists of its solutions for optimizing the performance of web, non-web, mobile, streaming and cloud applications. Its Mainframe Software Products improve the productivity of development, maintenance and support teams in application analysis, testing, defect detection and remediation, fault management, file and data management, data compliance and application performance management in the IBM z/OS environment. Its Changepoint software combines professional services automation with project portfolio management capabilities to give customers complete visibility into projects, investments and resources for informed business planning and financial control. Its Uniface solution is Compuware's Rapid Application Development environment for building, renewing and integrating some of the complex enterprise applications. Its Covisint application services provide a cloud engagement platform for enabling organizations to securely connect, engage and collaborate with large, distributed communities of customers, business partners and suppliers. Its products and services are used by the IT departments and lines of business of a of commercial and government organizations. Its competitors include BMC Software Inc., CA, Inc., International Business Machines ('IBM'), Hewlett-Packard Company, Keynote Systems, Inc., Accenture, Computer Sciences Corporation, HP Enterprise Services, Analysts International Corporation and Infosys Technologies.

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