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ROIC What You Mean Return on invested capital helps investors evaluate highly leveraged companies.   |
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December 30, 2005 |
Foolish Fundamentals: Return on Invested Capital Investors, learn to measure how much value a company creates. |
The Motley Fool
March 16, 2005
James Early |
An Arrow From Tom's Quiver Here's a powerful analysis tool that will work for your own portfolio. |
The Motley Fool
July 8, 2005
Seth Jayson |
Stocks That Create Value Companies that return more than their cost of capital deserve your rapt attention. Odds are that companies with a long track record of good returns will keep it up. If you can buy them when the market doesn't want them, your chances are even better. |
The Motley Fool
January 9, 2007
Emil Lee |
Quick Accounting Basics: ROE When judging a company's return on equity, investors should also take care to note how a firm's ROE compares to peers, whether the ROE is consistently high, and how much leverage is used to achieve the ROE. |
The Motley Fool
July 9, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
This Metric Can Lead You to Winners Of all the measures you can use to search for quality companies, the metric known as return on invested capital can be one of the trickiest. But it's one way to find great businesses. |
The Motley Fool
August 25, 2011
Jim Royal |
Does Western Refining Earn Its Keep? Western Refining has improved its returns on invested capital dramatically from three years ago, but they are down from five years ago. |
The Motley Fool
August 23, 2010
James Early |
Is STEC Worth Its Salt? How does this company look on this critical metric? |
The Motley Fool
August 23, 2010
James Early |
Is Frontier Worth Its Salt? How does this company look on this critical metric? |
The Motley Fool
July 12, 2004
Seth Jayson |
Marvel Plays Superhero? Will a share repurchase plan give Marvel shares a short-term bump? Don't bet on it. |
The Motley Fool
May 4, 2004
W.D. Crotty |
Simply Marvelous The future is very bright for Marvel Enterprises. |
The Motley Fool
August 25, 2011
Jim Royal |
Does Crox Earn Its Keep? Crocs' returns on invested capital have fluctuated over the past five years, and are currently lower than they were five years ago. |
The Motley Fool
August 30, 2010
Jim Royal |
Does Wal-Mart Pass Buffett's Test? Discover one of the Oracle of Omaha's favorite ways to size up a stock. |
The Motley Fool
August 30, 2010
Jim Royal |
Is Microsoft Doing Right By Investors? Discover one of the Oracle of Omaha's favorite ways to size up a stock. He calculates return on invested capital to help determine whether a company has an economic moat |
The Motley Fool
August 25, 2011
Jim Royal |
Does CR Bard Earn Its Keep? CR Bard has not seen significant changes in its returns on invested capital over the past five years, which suggests that it is effectively maintaining its competitive position. |
The Motley Fool
July 6, 2011
Isac Simon |
7 Energy Stocks With Impressive ROICs This unsung metric gauges an investment's true worth. |
The Motley Fool
August 23, 2011
Jim Royal |
Does EarthLink Earn Its Keep? Here's one of Buffett's favorite metrics for evaluating companies: Return on invested capital. How does Earthlink do? |
The Motley Fool
August 24, 2011
Jim Royal |
Does Flowserve Earn Its Keep? Flowserve showed the kind of steady growth in its returns on invested capital that we like to see until it suffered a sharp decline on its returns in the last four quarters. |
The Motley Fool
July 30, 2010
Bryan Hinmon |
Moat Report Card: How It Works Warren Buffett's "moat" metaphor is well known and widely accepted: If your company's business is a castle, its ability to keep competitors at bay is that castle's moat. Here's a primer on the Motley Fool moat series. |
The Motley Fool
August 24, 2011
Jim Royal |
Does Packaging Corp. Earn Its Keep? Here's one of Buffett's favorite metrics for evaluating companies. |
The Motley Fool
May 26, 2004
W.D. Crotty |
Getting Into AutoZone This auto parts retailer leads by a wide margin. |
The Motley Fool
August 25, 2011
Jim Royal |
Does Bridgepoint Education Earn Its Keep? The numbers here show the attraction of being a for-profit educator. |
The Motley Fool
July 7, 2004
James Early |
2 Small Caps You Can Understand When it comes to investing, it helps if a stock is a bit boring, to keep the bubble-and-hype crowd away. Although this is no secret to institutions, they're greatly handicapped in the less-liquid arena of small caps. Here are two ideas to get your gears moving. |
The Motley Fool
September 1, 2010
Jim Royal |
Is Schlumberger Doing Right By Investors? Discover one of the Oracle of Omaha's favorite ways to size up a stock, using Schlumberger as an example. |
The Motley Fool
June 17, 2004
W.D. Crotty |
Look Marvel, No Debt! Marvel Enterprises, vendor of superheroes, vanquishes its debt. |
The Motley Fool
April 6, 2005 |
Return on Equity: The Basics A company's return on equity (ROE) reflects the productivity of the net assets (assets minus liabilities) a company's management has at its disposal. Let it be your crystal ball when evaluating stocks. |
The Motley Fool
September 17, 2004
David Meier |
Gettin' Funky With Chattem Is Chattem good enough for your portfolio? |
The Motley Fool
May 12, 2004
Rex Moore |
The Beauty of ROE It's a simple measure of management effectiveness. Return on equity, or ROE, helps us determine how well management creates value for shareholders. |
The Motley Fool
August 2, 2010
Bryan Hinmon |
Moat Report Card: Orbitz Worldwide Judging the health of the online travel site. |
The Motley Fool
July 30, 2010
Bryan Hinmon |
Moat Report Card: Home Depot A look at the home improvement retailer's competitive positioning. |
The Motley Fool
August 25, 2011
Jim Royal |
Does Qlik Technologies Earn Its Keep? Let's take a look at Qlik Technologies and three of its industry peers, to see how efficiently they use cash. |
The Motley Fool
September 14, 2006
Nathan Parmelee |
Canon Might Be Getting Stronger Canon's improving return on invested capital hints that its competitive position may also be improving. Investors, is it time to sell? |
The Motley Fool
August 25, 2004
James Early |
A Small Cap for Any Market The market may be stuck in neutral, but your portfolio doesn't have to be. The time may be right to invest in small caps, like this distributor of heating and air-conditioning systems. |
The Motley Fool
August 3, 2010
Bryan Hinmon |
Moat Report Card: IBM It's time to see if IBM's strength is in its moat. |
The Motley Fool
April 8, 2004
W.D. Crotty |
A Bet on Taser Taser has climbed to dizzying heights but there are options. |
The Motley Fool
August 30, 2010
Jim Royal |
Does ExxonMobil Pass Buffett's Test? Discover one of the Oracle of Omaha's favorite ways to size up a stock, with ExxonMobil as the example. |
The Motley Fool
August 5, 2010
Bryan Hinmon |
Moat Report Card: Strayer Education It's time to see if Strayer Education's strength is in its moat. |
The Motley Fool
August 31, 2010
Jim Royal |
Is McDonald's Doing Right by Investors? Discover one of the Oracle of Omaha's favorite ways to size up a stock. |
The Motley Fool
March 2, 2011
Esterhuizen & Sellitti |
Rebound Ideas: Underperforming Stocks Backed by Top Management Teams Consider this list of management teams that have outperformed their competitors over the last year: NutriSystem... Dolby... Genco Shipping... Homex... Cninsure... |
The Motley Fool
August 27, 2011
Dan Radovsky |
A Surprisingly Good Return on a Scary Day Take a look at two bellwethers. Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are two examples of what are thought to be solidly run, profitable companies that have paid back their investors with decent growth in value and in dividends. |
The Motley Fool
September 15, 2004
W.D. Crotty |
Is This Taser for You? Get ready for the new personal-use stun gun. It may just be right for you. But if you are looking for a stock ready to explode when it is discovered, Taser is not for you. |
The Motley Fool
February 2, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Illinois Tool Still Working Growth guidance chilled investors, but the ROIC should warm an investor's heart. |
The Motley Fool
August 5, 2010
Bryan Hinmon |
Moat Report Card: Dick's Sporting Goods It's time to see if Dick's Sporting Goods' strength is in its moat. |
The Motley Fool
August 6, 2010
Bryan Hinmon |
Moat Report Card: Medtronic This medical supplier's definitely got a heartbeat. |
The Motley Fool
January 28, 2005
Tim Beyers |
Tossed Out of Motel Trump The Trumplings play real estate tycoon and learn a lesson in capital allocation. |
The Motley Fool
December 1, 2005
Jim Gillies |
Redefining Value What is value, and how can we get some? As value investing finds favor, it risks losing its meaning. The author thinks that "value" is a process, not a parameter. |
The Motley Fool
August 10, 2010
David Meier |
Is Apple Growing Foolishly? There's a right way and a wrong way for businesses to grow. |
The Motley Fool
May 2, 2008
Tim Beyers |
A Marvel-ous Deal Without a penny of operating profit from movies, Marvel, over the past year, produced a 44% return on invested capital. |
The Motley Fool
December 21, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
The Price of Being FedEx This well-run company needs hefty amounts of capital to stay competitive. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
April 6, 2004
W.D. Crotty |
CBS Zaps Taser CBS News investigates the safety of Taser's weapons. What will this do for the stock? |
