Pacer International, (FRA:PA1) ROCE % : 12.49% (As of Dec. 2013)

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What is Pacer International, 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. Pacer International,'s annualized ROCE % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 was 12.49%.

Pacer International, ROCE % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Pacer International,'s ROCE % can be seen below:

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Pacer International, ROCE % Chart

Pacer International, Annual Data

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-96.13

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23.48

7.50

11.25

Pacer International, Quarterly Data
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ROCE %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															13.50	7.92	9.61	15.68	12.49

Pacer International, ROCE % Calculation

Pacer International,'s annualized ROCE % for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as:

ROCE %	=	EBIT	/	( (Capital Employed	+	Capital Employed)	/ count )
		(A: Dec. 2013 )		(A: Dec. 2012 )		(A: Dec. 2013 )
	=	EBIT	/	( ( (Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities)	+	(Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities) )	/ count )
		(A: Dec. 2013 )		(A: Dec. 2012 )		(A: Dec. 2013 )
	=	10.585	/	( ( (178.308 - 85.725)	+	(165.053 - 69.423) )	/ 2 )
	=	10.585	/	( (92.583	+	95.63)	/ 2 )
	=	10.585	/	94.1065
	=	11.25 %

Pacer International,'s ROCE % of for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2013 is calculated as:

ROCE %	=	EBIT ⁽¹⁾	/	( (Capital Employed	+	Capital Employed)	/ count )
		(Q: Dec. 2013 )		(Q: Sep. 2013 )		(Q: Dec. 2013 )
	=	EBIT	/	( ( (Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities)	+	(Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities) )	/ count )
		(Q: Dec. 2013 )		(Q: Sep. 2013 )		(Q: Dec. 2013 )
	=	11.972	/	( ( (169.721 - 73.678)	+	(165.053 - 69.423) )	/ 2 )
	=	11.972	/	( ( 96.043	+	95.63 )	/ 2 )
	=	11.972	/	95.8365
	=	12.49 %

(1) Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2013) EBIT data.

Pacer International, (FRA:PA1) 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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Pacer International, (FRA:PA1) Business Description

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Pacer International, Inc., is an asset-light transportation and global logistics services provider. The Company provide its services from two operating segments, an intermodal segment, which provides intermodal transportation services mainly to beneficial cargo owners, transportation intermediaries and steamship lines who use intermodal transportation, and the logistics segment, which provides highway brokerage, supply chain management services, international freight forwarding, ocean shipping, and warehousing and distribution services to a wide variety of end-user customers. Intermodal segment offers full service door-to-door intermodal services to its customers, which include end-user customers, transportation intermediaries, such as intermodal marketing companies, and steamship lines. The Company logistics segment consists of: Highway brokerage services; International freight forwarding and NVOCC services; Warehousing and Distribution services; and Supply Chain Management services. The Company provides transportation and logistics services to many Fortune 500 and multi-national companies as well as to numerous other shippers and transportation third parties. The Company has direct sales and customer service representatives in its intermodal and logistics segments that sell and support its portfolio of services to a diverse customer base which includes beneficial cargo owners, steamship lines, truckload carriers, truck brokers, freight forwarders and other third party transportation service providers such as intermodal marketing companies, third-party logistics companies, and shippers' agents. The Company's main competitors are J.B. Hunt Transport, Schneider National, the Hub Group, C.H. Robinson, the supply chain solutions divisions of Ryder and Menlo Worldwide, Expeditors International and UTi Worldwide, Inc. The Company's facilities and operations are subject to federal, state and local environmental, hazardous materials transportation and occupational health and safety requirements, including those relating to the handling, labeling, shipping and transportation of hazardous materials, discharges of substances into the air, water and land, the handling, storage and disposal of wastes and the cleanup of properties affected by pollutants.

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