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EVA v/s ROI

ECONOMIC VALUE ADDED (EVA)


Economic value added (EVA)isaninternalmanagementperformancemeasurethat
comparesnetoperatingprofittototalcostofcapital

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%

EVA = Rs.33,80,000 - (Rs.13,00,000 x .056) = Rs.33,07,200


Return On Investment (ROI)
ROIistheratioofaprofitorlossmadeinafiscalyearexpressedintermsofan
investmentandshownasapercentageofincreaseordecreaseinthevalueofthe
investmentduringtheyearinquestion

Itmeasuresthegainorlossgeneratedonaninvestmentrelativetotheamount
ofmoneyinvested

ROIisusuallyexpressedasapercentageandistypicallyusedforpersonalfinancial
decisions,tocompareacompany'sprofitabilityortocomparetheefficiencyof
differentinvestments

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WHY IT MATTERS:
ROIisoneofthemostusedprofitabilityratiosbecauseofitsflexibility
OneofthedownsidesoftheROIcalculationisthatitcanbemanipulated,soresultsmayvarybetweenusers
WhenusingROItocompareinvestments,it'simportanttousethesameinputstogetanaccuratecomparison

ROI = (Net Profit / Cost of Investment) x 100

Forexample,aninvestorbuysRs.1,000worthofstocksandsellsthesharestwoyearslaterforRs.1,200.
ThenetprofitfromtheinvestmentwouldbeRs.200andtheROIwouldbecalculatedasfollows:

ROI = (200 / 1,000) x 100 = 20%


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Difference between ROI and EVA
ROI EVA
ROIisbasedonaccountingprofits EVAisbasedoneconomicprofits

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.

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