Transcom WorldWide (OSTO:TWW SDB A) ROCE % : 11.42% (As of Sep. 2014)

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What is Transcom WorldWide 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. Transcom WorldWide's annualized ROCE % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was 11.42%.

Transcom WorldWide ROCE % Historical Data

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

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Transcom WorldWide Annual Data

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8.99

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-9.94

-7.21

-3.24

Transcom WorldWide Quarterly Data
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ROCE %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															8.04	-44.34	13.27	2.86	11.42

Transcom WorldWide ROCE % Calculation

Transcom WorldWide'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 )
	=	-48.728	/	( ( (3098.923 - 1198.14)	+	(3092.941 - 1988.736) )	/ 2 )
	=	-48.728	/	( (1900.783	+	1104.205)	/ 2 )
	=	-48.728	/	1502.494
	=	-3.24 %

Transcom WorldWide'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 )
	=	193.764	/	( ( (2981.366 - 1228.67)	+	(2841.798 - 1201.292) )	/ 2 )
	=	193.764	/	( ( 1752.696	+	1640.506 )	/ 2 )
	=	193.764	/	1696.601
	=	11.42 %

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

Transcom WorldWide (OSTO:TWW SDB A) 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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Transcom WorldWide SA was established in 1995. Together with its subsidiaries provide multi-language customer relationship management products and services ('CRM') and credit management services ('CMS'), including customer help lines and other telephone-based marketing and customer service programs ('teleservices') to clients in customer-intensive industries. The Group has two primary sources of revenues being its CRM (Customer Relationship Management) and its CMS (Credit Management Services) businesses. In relation to its CRM business, revenue mainly arise from call services operations. In relation to its CMS business, revenue mainly arise from fees and commissions generated from the collection of receivables on behalf of customers. The Company's operating segments are North Europe CRM (Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania), Central & South Europe CRM (Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, luxembourg, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland, and Tunisia), Iberia & latam CRM (Chile, Peru, Portugal and Spain), North America & Asia Pacific CRM (Canada, the Philippines, USA, the United Kingdom and Australia), and CMS (Austria, the Czech Republic, the United Kingdom, Poland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden).

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