To Assess the Adequacy of the Return on Capital Employed

question 50

Multiple Choice

To assess the adequacy of the return on capital employed (ROCE) that a firm earned in its most recent financial year,which of the following would not be an appropriate benchmark:

• A)The ROCE earned by the same firm in previous years
• B)The ROCE earned by competitors during the same period
• C)The firm's cost of equity capital
• D)The firm's weighted average cost of capital

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