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ROCE vs Gearing Ratio

Forums › Ask ACCA Tutor Forums › Ask the Tutor ACCA FM Exams › ROCE vs Gearing Ratio

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  • August 1, 2020 at 5:39 pm #578927
    thuyly134
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    Hello Sir,
    I don’t know the difference between Capital Employed and Equity. I’m always confused between “Capital” and “Equity”

    Capital Employed = Equity + Long-term liability

    Equity = Shares (common + preferences) + Reserves

    Am I correct? Do you have lettuce that have explanation of these two? If the questions have a list of assets items, liabilty items, equity items, I am afraid I don’t know how to calculate them to apply to ROCE and Grearing ratio.

    Please help!!!
    Thank you so much!!!!

    August 1, 2020 at 5:53 pm #578931
    John Moffat
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    The two ‘equations’ that you have written are correct, and these are terms from Paper FA (was Paper F3) which presumably you have already passed or were exempt from.

    I do explain the calculations of both the return on capital employed and the gearing ratio (which are obviously two completely different things) in my free lectures.

    The lectures are a complete free course for Paper FM and cover everything needed to be able to pass the exam well.

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