ROC % measures how well a company generates cash flow relative to the capital it has invested in its business. It is also called ROIC %. Ikanos Communications's annualized return on capital (ROC %) for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was -210.42%.
As of today (2024-05-23), Ikanos Communications's WACC % is 0.00%. Ikanos Communications's ROC % is -330.24% (calculated using TTM income statement data).
Ikanos Communications earns returns that do not match up to its cost of capital. It will destroy value as it grows.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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The Operating Income data used here is four times the quarterly (Jun. 2015) data.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
ROC % measures how well a company generates cash flow relative to the capital it has invested in its business. It is also called ROIC %. The reason book values of debt and equity are used is because the book values are the capital the company received when issuing the debt or receiving the equity investments.
There are four key components to this definition. The first is the use of operating income or EBIT rather than net income in the numerator. The second is the tax adjustment to this operating income or EBIT, computed as a hypothetical tax based on an effective or marginal tax rate. The third is the use of book values for invested capital, rather than market values. The final is the timing difference; the capital invested is from the end of the prior year whereas the operating income or EBIT is the current year's number.
Why is ROC % important?
Because it costs money to raise capital. A firm that generates higher returns on investment than it costs the company to raise the capital needed for that investment is earning excess returns. A firm that expects to continue generating positive excess returns on new investments in the future will see its value increase as growth increases, whereas a firm that earns returns that do not match up to its cost of capital will destroy value as it grows.
As of today, Ikanos Communications's WACC % is 0.00%. Ikanos Communications's ROC % is -330.24% (calculated using TTM income statement data).
Ikanos Communications earns returns that do not match up to its cost of capital. It will destroy value as it grows.
Be Aware
Like ROE % and ROA %, ROC % is calculated with only 12 months of data. Fluctuations in the company's earnings or business cycles can affect the ratio drastically. It is important to look at the ratio from a long term perspective.
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Ikanos Communications (FRA:I9J1) Business Description
Ikanos Communications Inc was incorporated in the State of California in April 1999 and reincorporated in the State of Delaware in September 2005. The Company is a provider of advanced broadband semiconductor products and software for delivering high speed broadband solutions to the digital home. The Company's broadband multi-mode and digital subscriber line processors and other semiconductor offerings power carrier infrastructure and customer premise equipment for network equipment manufacturers who, in turn, serve telecommunications service providers. The Company has developed programmable, scalable chip architectures, which form the foundation for deploying and delivering multi-play services. This communications processor architecture with wire-speed packet processing capabilities enables high-performance end user devices capable of distributing advanced services in the home. These products support telecommunications services providers' multi-play deployment plans to the digital home while keeping their capital and operating expenditures low and have been deployed by service providers in Asia, Europe, and North and South America. The Company outsources all of its semiconductor fabrication, assembly, and test functions, which allows focusing on the design, development, sales, and marketing of its products and reduces the level of its capital investment. It offers multiple product lines that are designed to address different segments of the communications processor and the high-speed broadband DSL markets. The Company currently competes or expects to compete with, among others, Alcatel-Lucent, Broadcom Corporation, Cavium, Inc., Cortina Systems, Inc., Lantiq Deutschland GmbH, Marvell Technology Group Ltd., M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc., PMC-Sierra, Inc., Metanoia Communication, QUALCOMM Incorporated, Realtek Semiconductor Corp., and MediaTek Inc. As of December 29, 2013, the Company had over 285 patents issued in the United States and more than 35 companion patents issued in foreign jurisdictions.
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