The ROCE of Rio Silver Inc. is 87.72%
Return on capital employed (ROCE) is a financial ratio that measures a company’s profitability and the efficiency with which its capital is used.
= EBIT / (assets - current liabilities)
Return on capital employed (ROCE) is the total amount of capital that a company has utilized in order to generate profits. It is the sum of shareholders' equity and debt liabilities. It can be simplified as total assets minus current liabilities.
ROCE is especially useful when comparing the performance of companies in capital-intensive sectors. ROCE considers debt and other liabilities as well compared to other fundamentals which only analyze profitability related to a company’s common equity. This provides a better indication of financial performance for companies with significant debt. For a company, the ROCE trend over the years is also an important indicator of performance. In general, investors tend to favor companies with stable and rising ROCE numbers over companies where ROCE is volatile and bounces around from one year to the next.
Instead of using capital employed at an arbitrary point in time, analysts and investors often calculate ROCE based on the average capital employed (ROACE), which takes the average of opening and closing capital employed for the time period.
Rio Silver Inc. engages in the acquisition, evaluation, and development of mineral properties in the Americas, Canada, and Peru. It explores for precious and base metal deposits. The company owns 100% interest in its flagship property, Niñobamba silver and gold project covering an area of 4,490 hectares located in the Department of Ayacucho, Peru. It also holds 100% interest in the Gerow Lake property, a base metal project located in northwestern Ontario, Canada; and Palpa Dorado property located in Moro district of Santa province, Ancash, Peru. The company was formerly known as Escape Gold Inc. and changed its name to Rio Silver Inc. in October 2011. Rio Silver Inc. was incorporated in 2000 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.