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During Q2, Agenus (NASDAQ:AGEN) brought in sales totaling $26.95 million. However, earnings decreased 17.0%, resulting in a loss of $26.43 million. In Q1, Agenus brought in $15.13 million in sales but lost $31.85 million in earnings.
What Is ROCE?
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Return on Capital Employed is a measure of yearly pre-tax profit relative to capital employed in a business. Changes in earnings and sales indicate shifts in a company's ROCE. A higher ROCE is generally representative of successful growth in a company and is a sign of higher earnings per share for shareholders in the future. A low or negative ROCE suggests the opposite. In Q2, Agenus posted an ROCE of 0.13%.
Keep in mind, while ROCE is a good measure of a company's recent performance, it is not a highly reliable predictor of a company's earnings or sales in the near future.
ROCE is an important metric for the comparison of similar companies. A relatively high ROCE shows Agenus 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 lead to higher returns and earnings per share growth.
For Agenus, the return on capital employed ratio shows the number of assets can actually help the company achieve higher returns, an important note investors will take into account when gauging the payoff from long-term financing strategies.
Q2 Earnings Insight
Agenus reported Q2 earnings per share at $-0.28/share, which did not meet analyst predictions of $-0.27/share.
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