Ormat Technologies: Return On Capital Employed Insights

Looking at Q1, Ormat Technologies ORA earned $49.89 million, a 6.21% increase from the preceding quarter. Ormat Technologies's sales decreased to $166.35 million, a 7.26% change since Q4. Ormat Technologies earned $53.20 million, and sales totaled $179.38 million in Q4.

Why ROCE Is Significant

Changes in earnings and sales indicate shifts in Ormat Technologies'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 Q1, Ormat Technologies posted an ROCE of 0.03%.

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 Ormat Technologies 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.

In Ormat Technologies's case, the positive ROCE ratio will be something investors pay attention to before making long-term financial decisions.

Q1 Earnings Recap

Ormat Technologies reported Q1 earnings per share at $0.42/share, which beat analyst predictions of $0.37/share.