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• RETURN ON CAPITAL EMPLOYED (ROCE)
  
  Indicator of profitability of the firm's capital investments. Determined by dividing Earnings Before Interest and Taxes by (capital employed plus short-term loans minus intangible assets). The idea is that this ratio should at least be greater than the cost of borrowing.
  
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