ROCE Insights For Remark Holdings

In Q2, Remark Holdings MARK posted sales of $2.30 million. Earnings were up 45.84%, but Remark Holdings still reported an overall loss of $2.84 million. In Q1, Remark Holdings brought in $431.00 thousand in sales but lost $1.95 million in earnings.

What Is ROCE?

Changes in earnings and sales indicate shifts in Remark Holdings’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 Q2, Remark Holdings posted an ROCE of 0.38%.

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 Remark Holdings 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 Remark Holdings's case, the positive ROCE ratio will be something investors pay attention to before making long-term financial decisions.

Q2 Earnings Recap

Remark Holdings reported Q2 earnings per share at $-0.11/share, which did not meet analyst predictions of $-0.05/share.