The ROCE of Freshpet Inc is 2.73%
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.
freshpet makes fresh and all natural refrigerated dog and cat food in the u.s., and is the fastest growing pet food brand, with refrigerators in over 16,000 stores. our mission is to bring the power of fresh food for pets everywhere in ways that are good for pets, people and the planet. at freshpet, we're passionate about what we do because we're pet lovers, and because we believe that as a team, we are making a real difference in pets' lives. while we’ve grown to a mid-sized company, it’s our entrepreneurial roots and small-company feel that make freshpet a thriving place to work.