Accounts receivable have risen 22% faster than revenues, which puts return on capital under pressure.
In fact, according to Aristotle, return on capital was a violation of the nature of things.
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Its earnings yield is over 100% and its return on capital is over 60%.
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Expeditors' closest U.S. competitor is Houston's Eagle Global Logistics, with a 10% return on capital.
So you do two rankings--one just based on cheapness and one based on return on capital.
Our universities are training entrepreneurs and investors to focus on fast and efficient return on capital investment.
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Mitchell insists services should help boost Arrow's return on capital from 9% to between 12% and 15%.
In recent years, Unocal's average return on capital employed has been higher than ChevronTexaco's, 9.4% vs. 8.7%.
In this category, Amedisys is in rarefied company, ranking ninth with a return on capital of 180.97%.
He rejected any proposed projects that did not meet his target of a 15% return on capital.
Oil company YPF, Argentina's largest company, has led the way by tying pay to return on capital.
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Enron's return on capital was only 6.6% in 2000, less than rivals such as Williams and Dynegy.
Japan's higher saving and investment has helped to make up for its relatively low return on capital.
This is bad because every realistically useful hour a Zipcar goes un-rented lowers its return on capital.
Bemis' 13% return on capital over the past five years is well above the industry average of 9%.
"One can question whether these funds are solely concerned with attaining a high return on capital, " she said.
And when we rank businesses, we say 50% return on capital's better than a 2.5% return on capital.
When capital gains taxes are lower, the expected return on capital is higher and stimulates more investment activity.
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The Black Death killed one-third of Europe's population, wages rose and the return on capital and land fell.
The prevailing concern of investors is still on the return of their capital, not the return on capital.
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Their investment model chooses stocks on a valuation and return on capital basis.
Oil company YPF, Argentina's largest company, has led the way in incentive-based compensation, tying pay to return on capital.
My Greenblatt-based model likes its 30.6% earnings yield and 63.7% return on capital.
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Prices have collapsed and return on capital assets industry-wide hovers at just 4%.
Its five-year average return on capital of 15% shows no sign of diminishing.
The Magic Formula looks at two important variables return on capital and earnings yield.
It already beats its targeted return on capital of 20%, and is planning ein Roadshow in America for 1998.
If the economy's return on capital is to improve, it will be necessary to close ailing companies more promptly.
Yet over the same period, their margins and return on capital have sunk.
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