capital employed
noun[U]
ukusACCOUNTING,FINANCE
thetotalvalueof theassetsthat acompanyuses toproduceincome:
Capitalemployedis down bynearly6%.
See also
return on capital employed
Examplesofcapital employed
capital employed
The largest nonfinancial state enterprises recorded (inflation-discounted) losses in the seven-year period from 1977 to 1983 equivalent to 11 percent oncapitalemployed.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.On the contrary,capitalemployedin the trade was had already been directed to sectors such as enterprises of urban services, transport, banking and trade.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The idea is that value is created when the return on the firm's economiccapitalemployedis greater than the cost of that capital.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is the product of their labour, together with that of the employer and subordinate managers, and of thecapitalemployed.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Ideally, multiples should be calculated using the market value of the weighted averagecapitalemployed of the company during the comparable financial period.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Consequently revenues increase with inflation whilecapitalemployedgenerally does not (as the book value of assets is not affected by inflation).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Capitalemployedis essentially the amount of money spent on the company, from shareholders and bondholders.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Capitalemployedcan be defined as equity plus loans which are subject to interest, or one can say that it is total assets less non-interest-bearing responsibilities.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The industry remained pro®table, having made £8.7 million on an averagecapitalemployedof £48.3 million in 1949.
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The ®gures for 1955 were a pro®t of £24.9 million on an averagecapitalemployedof £135.6 million.
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