Return on Capital Employed Overview: Netflix

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Pulled from Benzinga Pro data Netflix NFLX showed a loss in earnings since Q1, totaling $1.85 billion. Sales, on the other hand, increased by 2.5% to $7.34 billion during Q2. Netflix reached earnings of $1.96 billion and sales of $7.16 billion in Q1.

What Is ROCE?

Changes in earnings and sales indicate shifts in Netflix'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, Netflix posted an ROCE of 0.13%.

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 Netflix 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 Netflix, 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.

Analyst Predictions

Netflix reported Q2 earnings per share at $2.97/share, which did not meet analyst predictions of $3.15/share.

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