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Calculating capital employed

SShawn6y ago
Hello. I wanted to calculate capital employed for a company by using the following equation; Capital employed = shareholders’ funds + interest bearing debt. I know borrowings under non-current liabilities are included under interest bearing debt, but I wanted to ask if borrowings under Current liabilities should be included as well. If not, why not?
P2-D2P2-D2Tutor6y ago#1
Hi, The current and non-current elements of the borrowings are included within the interest bearing debt as they will be accruing interest and the funds will have been used to help invest in making a profit. Thanks
SShawn6y ago#2
Thank you! If I may follow it up with another question, I wanted to calculate the operating profit margin for a group of companies using their consolidated statement. Should I include the Share of loss/profit from associates when calculating operating profit?
SShawn6y ago#3
And just to follow up on my previous question, when calculating capital employed do we include the value of the non-controlling interest as stated on the statement of financial position?
SShawn6y ago#4
Hi! I managed to find the solution for my last two questions, but in the process came across another issue. Assuming my consolidated sfp has the following Capital and reserves attributable to the Company’s equity holders Share capital Share premium Revaluation reserve Translation reserve Retained earnings Proposed dividends Non-controlling interest Should I add all these up when calculating the value of the shareholder's funds? Or should I omit the Revaluation reserve and the Translation reserve? Thanks
P2-D2P2-D2Tutor6y ago#5
@shawn15 said: Thank you! If I may follow it up with another question, I wanted to calculate the operating profit margin for a group of companies using their consolidated statement. Should I include the Share of loss/profit from associates when calculating operating profit?
You're welcome! No, we would not include this as part of operating profit as it comes from our investments effectively. Thanks
P2-D2P2-D2Tutor6y ago#6
@shawn15 said: And just to follow up on my previous question, when calculating capital employed do we include the value of the non-controlling interest as stated on the statement of financial position?
No worries. Yes, NCI is part of equity and so would form part of the capital employed (=equity + net det). Thanks
P2-D2P2-D2Tutor6y ago#7
@shawn15 said: Hi! I managed to find the solution for my last two questions, but in the process came across another issue. Assuming my consolidated sfp has the following Capital and reserves attributable to the Company’s equity holders Share capital Share premium Revaluation reserve Translation reserve Retained earnings Proposed dividends Non-controlling interest Should I add all these up when calculating the value of the shareholder's funds? Or should I omit the Revaluation reserve and the Translation reserve? Thanks
Shareholders's funds is effectively the equity section so you would include everything in the equity section. One thing that shouldn't be in your figures above is the proposed dividends. They are just disclosed and not accounted for. Thanks
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