Eva VS Roi
Eva VS Roi
Eva VS Roi
Economicvalueadded isalsoreferredtoaseconomicprofit
Itisimportantbecauseitisusedasanindicatorofhowprofitablecompanyprojectsareand
itthereforeservesasareflectionofmanagementperformance
TheideabehindEVAisthatbusinessesareonlytrulyprofitablewhenthey
createwealthfortheirshareholdersandthemeasureofthisgoesbeyondcalculatingnet
income
EVAassertsthatbusinessesshouldcreatereturnsatarateabovetheircostofcapital
WHY IT MATTERS:
EVAisimportantbecauseitisusedasanindicatorofhowprofitablecompany
projectsareanditthereforeservesasareflectionofmanagementperformance.
Itincludesthebalancesheetinthecalculationandencouragesmanagerstothink
aboutassetsaswellasexpensesintheirdecisions.
EVAonlyappliestotheperiodmeasured;itisnotpredictiveoffutureperformance,
especiallyforcompaniesinthemidstofreorganizationand/orabouttomake
largecapitalinvestments.
TheEVAcalculationdependsheavilyoninvestedcapital,anditisthereforemostapplicabletoasset-
intensivecompaniesthataregenerallystable.
Thus,EVAismoreusefulforautomanufacturers,forexample,thansoftwarecompaniesorservice
companieswithalotofintangibleassets.
EVA = Net Operating Profit After Tax - (Capital Invested x Weighted Average Cost of Capital)
Example
AssumethatCompanyXYZhasthefollowingcomponentstouseintheEVAformula:
NOPAT=Rs.33,80,000
CapitalInvestment=Rs.13,00,000
WACC=.056or5.60%
Itmeasuresthegainorlossgeneratedonaninvestmentrelativetotheamount
ofmoneyinvested
ROIisusuallyexpressedasapercentageandistypicallyusedforpersonalfinancial
decisions,tocompareacompany'sprofitabilityortocomparetheefficiencyof
differentinvestments
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WHY IT MATTERS:
ROIisoneofthemostusedprofitabilityratiosbecauseofitsflexibility
OneofthedownsidesoftheROIcalculationisthatitcanbemanipulated,soresultsmayvarybetweenusers
WhenusingROItocompareinvestments,it'simportanttousethesameinputstogetanaccuratecomparison
Forexample,aninvestorbuysRs.1,000worthofstocksandsellsthesharestwoyearslaterforRs.1,200.
ThenetprofitfromtheinvestmentwouldbeRs.200andtheROIwouldbecalculatedasfollows:
ROIestablishesrelationshipbetween EVAmakesadjustmentsforaccountingprofit
accountingprofitandaccountinginvestments andaccountinginvestments
ROIisbasedonaccountingprinciples EVAdeviatesfromaccountingprinciples
ROIdonotconsidercostofcapital EVArecognizescostofcapital
ROIcanprovidebasisofcomparison EVAdonotcomparewithotherorganization
ROIisbesttomeasurecompanieswith EVAisbesttomeasurecapitalintensive
intangibleassets companies
Advantages and Disadvantages of
EVA and ROI
Advantages of ROI
1. Itrelatesnetincomewithinvestmentswhichgivesbettermeasureofdivisionalprofits.
2. MajorfocusofROIisonrequiredlevelofinvestments.
3. ROIhelpsinmakingcomparisonbetweendifferentbusiness.
4. Easytocalculateandeasytounderstand
Disadvantages of ROI
5. ROIisbasedonhistoricalcostifassets
6. ROIprovidesfocusonshorttermresultsandprofits
7. ROIconsidercurrentperiodrevenueandcost
5.InvestmentCentremanagerscaninfluenceROIbychangingaccountingpolicies
6.Satisfactorydefinitionofprofitandinvestmentisdifficulttofind
Advantages of EVA
1. EVAcoversbothoperatingcostaswellascapitalcost
2. EVAcanevaluateprojectsindependentlyandhencedecideonwhethertoexecutetheprojectornot
3. Ittransformaccountinginformationintoeconomicquality.
4. EVAshoesrelationshipbetweenoperatingmarginintenseuseofcapitalsothatcanidentify
opportunitiesofimprovement.
Disadvantages of EVA
1. EVAdoesnotinvolveforecastoffuturecashflows
2. EVAisverycomplicatedtocalculate.
3. EVAdoesnottakeaccountingprinciplesintoconsideration
EVA is superior to ROI
WhatseparatesEVAfromotherperformancemetricsisthatitmeasuresallofthecostsofrunningabusiness
operatingandfinancing.
ThismakesEVAthesoundestperformancemetricandtheonemostcloselyalignedwiththecreationof
shareholdervalue.
Manycompanieshaveadopteditaspartofacomprehensivemanagementandincentivesystemthatdrives
theirdecisionprocesses.
TheystrivetoincreasetheirEVAby:
IncreasingtheNOPATgeneratedbyexistingCapital
ReducingtheWACC
InvestinginnewprojectswheretheReturnonCapital
exceedstheWACC
DivestingCapitalwheretheReturnonCapitalisbelow
theWACC
AcompanythataimstomaximizeitsROIwillalwaystendtounderinvest,under-innovate,under-scale,
andunder-grow.
EVAeasilyhelpsaproductionmanagertofigureoutwhetheritisworthwhiletoinvestcapital.
EVAistheonlymeasurethatestablishesasearingdividinglinebetweengoodandbadperformancefor
itisthetruemeasureofprofit.
ApositiveEVAshowsacompanyisproducingvaluefromthefundsinvestedinit.
NegativeEVAmeansthecompanyisnotgeneratingvaluefromthefundsinvestedintothebusiness.A
negativeEVA,inotherwords,reflectstheimpactofpriordecisionsandsunkcoststhatarebynow
irrelevant.
AftermakingthenecessarychangesifEVAstillremainsnegative,thenitwouldbebesttoshutdownthe
business.
Itgivesmanagersalloftherightincentivestomakethedecisionsatthemarginthatwillcreatethemost
shareholdervalue.