This small growth fell far short of the increase in invested capital in 2012, leading to a decline in return on invested capital ( ROIC) to 10%.
Current research corroborates: in 2011, Catalyst found a 26% difference in return on invested capital between top-quartile companies with 19-44% female board representation and bottom quartile companies with zero women directors.
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Looking at companies with women on their boards in 2011, the research group Catalyst found a 26% difference in return on invested capital (ROIC) between the top-quartile companies (with 19-44% women board representation) and bottom-quartile companies (with no female directors).
In fact, return on invested capital (ROIC) peaked in December 2011 at 47%, but it is still a stout 37%.
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TD's overall return on invested capital in America was 4.5% last year, half its target.
While I know her behavior was inappropriate, she also helped Yahoo double operating income, operating margins, and return on invested capital in 2010, according to ForbesWoman.
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Indeed, the IMF's analysis suggests that the internal rate of return on invested capital in publicly traded firms in emerging markets has been very poor over the past decade, even before currency risk is taken into account.
Adding the Lucasfilm IP to our existing Disney, Pixar and Marvel IP clearly enhances our ability to serve consumers, strengthening our competitive position -- and we are confident we can earn a return on invested capital well in excess of our cost of capital.
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In terms of accuracy, the firm-centric view of the world offers no explanation why the rates of return on assets and on invested capital have been in decline for more than four decades and no suggests no way forward in an economy where there is low demand for the foreseeable future.
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Return on invested capital since Smith took over the top job in 2008 has risen from 14.7% to 24%.
Rates of return on invested capital are only a small fraction of that in the U.S. Over time, we get moderate to high rates of growth from a small amount of capital.
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Its return on invested capital ( ROIC) of 6% puts it in the fourth quintile of all the companies I cover.
In fact, the move has hurt margins as well as return on invested capital.
Okay, you might say, this is surprising, but Apple will take its earnings and reinvest them in the business and earn high rates of return on that re-invested capital.
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Return on invested capital (ROIC), which more than doubled to 31% in 2010, is the highest since 1999.
With a return on invested capital over 22%, it is one of the most profitable companies in the United States.
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So just like other companies, a REIT's success can be measured by looking at its earnings growth, return on invested capital and whatever else you'd consider if you were picking a stock in any other business.
In a Deloitte study of 20, 000 US firms, the rate of return on assets and invested capital declined by 75 percent during the period 1965-2011.
In addition, CSCO has several signs of high-quality management: a top quintile return on invested capital ( ROIC) of 18%, few asset write-downs (less than 10% of net assets), and a compound annual growth rate for NOPAT of 26% over the past 10 years.
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In theory, the resulting efficiencies should mean that Germany could raise its poor average rate of return on invested capital.
The people in the company become part of a team which has to turn the acquisition into a high value return on invested capital for IBM.
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