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Firefly AB (OSTO:FIRE) ROIC % : 22.78% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Firefly AB ROIC %?

ROIC % measures how well a company generates cash flow relative to the capital it has invested in its business. It is also called ROC %. Firefly AB's annualized return on invested capital (ROIC %) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 22.78%.

As of today (2024-05-25), Firefly AB's WACC % is 1.10%. Firefly AB's ROIC % is 23.84% (calculated using TTM income statement data). Firefly AB generates higher returns on investment than it costs the company to raise the capital needed for that investment. It is earning excess returns. A firm that expects to continue generating positive excess returns on new investments in the future will see its value increase as growth increases.


Firefly AB ROIC % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Firefly AB's ROIC % 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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Firefly AB ROIC % Chart

Firefly AB Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
ROIC %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 12.74 17.82 19.93 23.59 23.98

Firefly AB Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
ROIC % 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 14.01 16.84 35.82 19.68 22.78

Competitive Comparison of Firefly AB's ROIC %

For the Building Products & Equipment subindustry, Firefly AB's ROIC %, along with its competitors' market caps and ROIC % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Firefly AB's ROIC % Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Firefly AB's ROIC % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Firefly AB's ROIC % falls into.



Firefly AB ROIC % Calculation

Firefly AB's annualized Return on Invested Capital (ROIC %) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

ROIC % (A: Dec. 2023 )
=NOPAT/Average Invested Capital
=Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )/( (Invested Capital (A: Dec. 2022 ) + Invested Capital (A: Dec. 2023 ))/ count )
=58.25 * ( 1 - 22.71% )/( (174.149 + 201.389)/ 2 )
=45.021425/187.769
=23.98 %

where

Firefly AB's annualized Return on Invested Capital (ROIC %) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

ROIC % (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=NOPAT/Average Invested Capital
=Operating Income * ( 1 - Tax Rate % )/( (Invested Capital (Q: Dec. 2023 ) + Invested Capital (Q: Mar. 2024 ))/ count )
=68.08 * ( 1 - 25.43% )/( (201.389 + 244.339)/ 2 )
=50.767256/222.864
=22.78 %

where

Note: The Operating Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2024) 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.


Firefly AB  (OSTO:FIRE) ROIC % Explanation

ROIC % measures how well a company generates cash flow relative to the capital it has invested in its business. It is also called ROC %. The reason book values of debt and equity are used is because the book values are the capital the company received when issuing the debt or receiving the equity investments.

There are four key components to this definition. The first is the use of operating income or EBIT rather than net income in the numerator. The second is the tax adjustment to this operating income or EBIT, computed as a hypothetical tax based on an effective or marginal tax rate. The third is the use of book values for invested capital, rather than market values. The final is the timing difference; the capital invested is from the end of the prior year whereas the operating income or EBIT is the current year's number.

Why is ROIC % important?

Because it costs money to raise capital. A firm that generates higher returns on investment than it costs the company to raise the capital needed for that investment is earning excess returns. A firm that expects to continue generating positive excess returns on new investments in the future will see its value increase as growth increases, whereas a firm that earns returns that do not match up to its cost of capital will destroy value as it grows.

As of today, Firefly AB's WACC % is 1.10%. Firefly AB's ROIC % is 23.84% (calculated using TTM income statement data). Firefly AB generates higher returns on investment than it costs the company to raise the capital needed for that investment. It is earning excess returns. A firm that expects to continue generating positive excess returns on new investments in the future will see its value increase as growth increases. Firefly AB earns returns that do not match up to its cost of capital. It will destroy value as it grows.


Be Aware

Like ROE % and ROA %, ROIC % is calculated with only 12 months of data. Fluctuations in the company's earnings or business cycles can affect the ratio drastically. It is important to look at the ratio from a long term perspective.


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Firefly AB (OSTO:FIRE) Business Description

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Address
Heliosgatan 3, Stockholm, SWE, 120 30
Firefly AB is a supplier of spark detection, fire and dust explosion protection systems in Sweden. The company develops, manufactures and sells high-tech systems, which detect and minimise the risk of fires and dust explosions. It has two business areas: Industrial applications and Infra systems. Industrial applications include customized fire prevention systems, which monitor industrial processes in areas such as tissue, food, woodworking, bioenergy, and recycling. The business area of Infra systems includes early fire detection in subway-, train-, road or cable tunnel systems by means of multiple-gas detection.

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