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For a limited company, return on capital employed is most to be calculated by using which of the following methods?

(a) Net profit as a percentage of the average of the opening and closing borrowings.(b) Net profit as a percentage of the average of the opening and closing capital.(c) Net profit as a percentage of the average of the opening and closing total assets.(d) Net profit as a percentage of the average of the opening and closing fixed assets.

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Question added by Ezzidin Ibrahim , Financial Controller , Karim Food Industries
Date Posted: 2015/03/15
Hossam Eldeeb
by Hossam Eldeeb , Inventory Control Senior Supervisor , Etisalat

Return on capital employed formula is calculated by dividing net operating profit or EBIT by the employed capital.

Return on Capital Employed

If employed capital is not given in a problem or in the financial statement notes, you can calculate it by subtracting current liabilities from total assets. In this case the ROCE formula would look like this:Return on Capital Employed Formula

Akshya Venkatesan
by Akshya Venkatesan , Intern , Sharaf Retail

(b) Return on Capital employed is EBIT over Capital Invested (or) Total Assets - Current Liabilities

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