Discover Financial Services (DFS) Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) - Discounting Cash Flows
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Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)

The return on capital or invested capital in a business attempts to measure the return earned on capital invested in an investment.

Read more: Aswath Damodaran - Return Measures PDF

Interactive Assumptions

Historical Years

Historical Years

The number of years of historical data used to calculate averages and trends for analysis.

Historical ROIC Values

Monetary values in USD

ROIC Formula

Return on Capital (ROIC) = After-tax Operating Income / Invested Capital

After-tax Operating Income or sometimes called Net Operating Profit After Tax (NOPAT) is calculated using the reported Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT) or Operating Income on the income statement adjusted for the tax liability.

After-tax Operating Income = Operating Income * (1 - Income Tax Rate)

There are two ways to calculate invested capital: One looks at the company's assets, and another looks at its financing from debt and equity. In this model, we are using the Asset based approach.

Invested Capital = Total Non-Current Assets + Total Current Assets - Total Current Liabilities - Cash and Equivalents

Monetary values in USD

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Average LTM
Feb 15
2024
Dec 31
2023
Dec 31
2022
Dec 31
2021
Dec 31
2020
Dec 31
2019
Dec 31
2018
Dec 31
2017
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2016
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2015
Dec 31
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) 17.42% 20.57% 41.04% 12.95% 22.32% 23.55% 6.15% 9.65% 17.45% 12.87% 13.31% 11.76%
After-tax Operating Income 4,734 5,725 13,197 3,930 5,819 5,449 1,141 2,957 4,373 3,077 3,308 3,100
Operating Income 6,476 7,652 17,676 5,114 7,607 7,064 1,435 3,835 5,736 5,185 5,054 4,875
Income Tax Rate 27.17% 25.19% 25.34% 23.16% 23.51% 22.86% 20.49% 22.89% 23.77% 40.66% 34.55% 36.41%
Invested Capital 26,264 27,829 32,157 30,347 26,065 23,135 18,561 30,636 25,059 23,912 24,852 26,353
Fixed (Non-Current) Assets 105,506 128,537 131,461 140,028 121,288 98,562 95,720 106,083 96,254 86,109 80,394 76,130
Current Assets 13,130 19,377 16,179 11,685 10,563 11,680 17,169 7,913 13,299 13,978 11,914 10,669
Current Liabilities 81,625 108,220 107,009 109,681 96,930 78,357 80,764 76,436 71,195 62,869 55,542 50,874
Cash 10,746 11,865 8,474 11,685 8,856 8,750 13,564 6,924 13,299 13,306 11,914 9,572
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