The ROIC of 4SC AG is -41.00%
Return on invested capital (ROIC) is a financial ratio that measures how efficient a company is at allocating the capital under its control to profitable investments.
= NOPAT / Invested capital = EBIT * (1 - tax rate) / (2-year average liabilities + 2-year average shareholder equity)
Return on invested capital (ROIC) ratio gives investors a sense of how well a company is using money under its control to generate profitable returns.
ROIC can be used as a benchmark to calculate the valuation of companies across industries. A higher ROIC means the company is doing a better job of investing the money from shareholders and bondholders to run the business. A company is creating value if its ROIC exceeds 2%. If its ROIC is under 2%, the company is likely destroying value and has no excess capital to invest in future growth.
You can calculate ROIC with the following formula:
NOPAT = Net operating profit after tax
Invested Capital = Average total liabilities + Average shareholders' equity
The averages of liabilities and shareholders' equity are calculated as geometrical averages of the last two annual values from the company's balance sheet.
4SC AG, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, engages in developing small-molecule drugs that target key indications in cancer with high unmet medical needs. The company's products in clinical development stage include Resminostat, an orally administered histone deacetylase inhibitor that is in Phase II clinical trial for the treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma; and Domatinostat, an orally administered small molecule, which is in Phase Ib/II clinical trial for the treatment of melanoma and Phase II clinical trial for the treatment of gastrointestinal tumor. 4SC AG also out-licenses its products to pharma and biotech companies for the treatment of cancer. The company has a collaboration agreement with the Netherlands Cancer Institute to evaluate Domatinostat in the neoadjuvant setting in melanoma. 4SC AG was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Planegg, Germany.