Looking Into FAT Brands's Return On Capital Employed

FAT Brands FAT showed a loss in earnings since Q4, totaling $81.00 thousand. Sales, on the other hand, increased by 2.31% to $6.65 million during Q1. FAT Brands collected $6.50 million in revenue during Q4, but reported earnings showed a $7.98 million loss.

What Is ROCE?

Changes in earnings and sales indicate shifts in FAT Brands'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 Q1, FAT Brands posted an ROCE of -0.0%.

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 FAT Brands 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.

For FAT Brands, the return on capital employed ratio shows the current amount of assets may not actually be helping the company achieve higher returns, a note many investors will take into account when making long-term financial decisions.

Q1 Earnings Recap

FAT Brands reported Q1 earnings per share at $-0.2/share, which did not meet analyst predictions of $-0.06/share.

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