Buffalo Wild Wings (FRA:BWW) ROCE % : 14.88% (As of Sep. 2017)

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What is Buffalo Wild Wings ROCE %?

ROCE % measures how well a company generates profits from its capital. It is calculated as EBIT divided by Capital Employed, where Capital Employed is calculated as Total Assets minus Total Current Liabilities. Buffalo Wild Wings's annualized ROCE % for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 was 14.88%.

Buffalo Wild Wings ROCE % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Buffalo Wild Wings's ROCE % can be seen below:

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Buffalo Wild Wings ROCE % Chart

Buffalo Wild Wings Annual Data

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19.90

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23.72

19.83

17.40

Buffalo Wild Wings Quarterly Data
	Dec12	Mar13	Jun13	Sep13	Dec13	Mar14	Jun14	Sep14	Dec14	Mar15	Jun15	Sep15	Dec15	Mar16	Jun16	Sep16	Dec16	Mar17	Jun17	Sep17
ROCE %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															16.57	11.78	16.32	7.85	14.88

Buffalo Wild Wings ROCE % Calculation

Buffalo Wild Wings's annualized ROCE % for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2016 is calculated as:

ROCE %	=	EBIT	/	( (Capital Employed	+	Capital Employed)	/ count )
		(A: Dec. 2016 )		(A: Dec. 2015 )		(A: Dec. 2016 )
	=	EBIT	/	( ( (Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities)	+	(Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities) )	/ count )
		(A: Dec. 2016 )		(A: Dec. 2015 )		(A: Dec. 2016 )
	=	130.979	/	( ( (984.447 - 242.006)	+	(992.764 - 229.387) )	/ 2 )
	=	130.979	/	( (742.441	+	763.377)	/ 2 )
	=	130.979	/	752.909
	=	17.40 %

Buffalo Wild Wings's ROCE % of for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 is calculated as:

ROCE %	=	EBIT ⁽¹⁾	/	( (Capital Employed	+	Capital Employed)	/ count )
		(Q: Sep. 2017 )		(Q: Jun. 2017 )		(Q: Sep. 2017 )
	=	EBIT	/	( ( (Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities)	+	(Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities) )	/ count )
		(Q: Sep. 2017 )		(Q: Jun. 2017 )		(Q: Sep. 2017 )
	=	96.072	/	( ( (827.921 - 169.444)	+	(780.678 - 148.257) )	/ 2 )
	=	96.072	/	( ( 658.477	+	632.421 )	/ 2 )
	=	96.072	/	645.449
	=	14.88 %

(1) Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Sep. 2017) EBIT data.

Buffalo Wild Wings (FRA:BWW) ROCE % Explanation

ROCE % can be especially useful when comparing the performance of capital-intensive companies. Unlike ROE %, which indicates the profitability of Shareholders Equity, ROCE % also considers long-term debt in Capital Employed. This can be helpful when analyzing companies with significant debt, as the result is neutralized by taking debt into consideration.

Generally speaking, a higher ROCE % indicates a stonger profitability for a company. Moreover, it is important to look at the ratio from a long term perspective. Investors tend to favor companies with stable and rising ROCE % trend over those with volatile ones.

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Buffalo Wild Wings operates and franchises restaurants under the names Buffalo Wild Wings, R Taco, and PizzaRev. The Buffalo Wild Wings restaurants, which provide the vast majority of company revenue, have sports-bar atmospheres and feature Buffalo-style chicken wings. The restaurants are designed for group gatherings and feature projection screens and dozens of televisions. About half of the company's restaurants are franchised. The company has a centralized supply chain that serves all company-owned and franchised restaurants. The majority of its restaurants are in the United States, but the company has a small presence in Canada and Mexico and is expanding to the Middle East and Asia.

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