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PLLTL (Piedmont Lithium) ROCE % : -22.18% (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Piedmont Lithium 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. Piedmont Lithium's annualized ROCE % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was -22.18%.


Piedmont Lithium ROCE % Historical Data

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

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Piedmont Lithium ROCE % Chart

Piedmont Lithium Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Dec22 Dec23
ROCE %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -187.62 -43.27 -19.04 -4.26 -6.07

Piedmont Lithium Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
ROCE % Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 29.12 -29.32 -32.28 -17.11 -22.18

Piedmont Lithium ROCE % Calculation

Piedmont Lithium's annualized ROCE % for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

ROCE %=EBIT/( (Capital Employed+Capital Employed)/ count )
(A: Dec. 2023 )  (A: Dec. 2022 )(A: Dec. 2023 )
=EBIT/( ( (Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities)+(Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities) )/ count )
(A: Dec. 2023 )  (A: Dec. 2022 )(A: Dec. 2023 )
=-18.632/( ( (287.921 - 13.411) + (381.255 - 41.366) )/ 2 )
=-18.632/( (274.51+339.889)/ 2 )
=-18.632/307.1995
=-6.07 %

Piedmont Lithium's ROCE % of for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as:

ROCE %=EBIT (1)/( (Capital Employed+Capital Employed)/ count )
(Q: Sep. 2024 )  (Q: Jun. 2024 )(Q: Sep. 2024 )
=EBIT/( ( (Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities)+(Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities) )/ count )
(Q: Sep. 2024 )  (Q: Jun. 2024 )(Q: Sep. 2024 )
=-66.072/( ( (339.64 - 36.017) + (329.227 - 37.026) )/ 2 )
=-66.072/( ( 303.623 + 292.201 )/ 2 )
=-66.072/297.912
=-22.18 %

(1) Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Sep. 2024) EBIT data.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Piedmont Lithium  (OTCPK:PLLTL) 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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Piedmont Lithium Business Description

Address
42 E Catawba Street, Belmont, NC, USA, 28012
Piedmont Lithium Inc, is a U.S. based, development-stage, multi-asset, integrated lithium business in support of a clean energy economy and U.S. and world-wide energy security. Its portfolio of wholly-owned projects includes Carolina Lithium, a proposed fully integrated spodumene ore-to-lithium hydroxide project in Gaston County, North Carolina, and Tennessee Lithium, a proposed merchant lithium hydroxide manufacturing plant in McMinn County, Tennessee.