Benzinga | Jun 11, 2021 09:57AM EDT

Booz Allen Hamilton: Return On Capital Employed Insights

Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) showed a loss in earnings since Q3, totaling $171.01 million. Sales, on the other hand, increased by 3.94% to $1.98 billion during Q4. In Q3, Booz Allen Hamilton earned $184.26 million and total sales reached $1.90 billion.

What Is ROCE?

Changes in earnings and sales indicate shifts in Booz Allen Hamilton's Return on Capital Employed, a measure of yearly pre-tax profit relative to capital employed by a business. Generally, a higher ROCE suggests successful growth of a company and is a sign of higher earnings per share in the future. In Q4, Booz Allen Hamilton posted an ROCE of 0.16%.

It is important to keep in mind ROCE evaluates past performance and is not used as a predictive tool. It is a good measure of a company's recent performance, but several factors could affect earnings and sales in the near future.

ROCE is an important metric for the comparison of similar companies. A relatively high ROCE shows Booz Allen Hamilton is potentially operating at a higher level of efficiency than other companies in its industry. If the company is generating high profits with its current level of capital, some of that money can be reinvested in more capital which will generally lead to higher returns and earnings per share growth.

In Booz Allen Hamilton's case, the positive ROCE ratio will be something investors pay attention to before making long-term financial decisions.

Q4 Earnings Recap

Booz Allen Hamilton reported Q4 earnings per share at $0.89/share, which beat analyst predictions of $0.82/share.