return on capital
5 statements across 3 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Mar 30, 2020 by Ben Inker · across every show →
Everything said about return on capital, oldest first
Mar 30, 2020
Inker: Long-term equity value loss requires either lower ROIC or shareholder dilution
“The two ways you can lose value in equities from a long-term perspective Is if an event causes a long-term decrease in the return on capital, or if an event causes you as a shareholder to be significantly diluted.”
Feb 12, 2024 positive
Jacobs: Return on Time Directly Drives Return on Capital
“When you're a leader, when you're a CEO, or if you're an institutional investor and you're running a team, whether you're running a few dozen people, a few hundred people, or in my case, a 150,000 people, how you channel their time is as important as return on…”
Jul 6, 2026 positive
Dorsey: Companies Sustaining 15%+ Returns Over 15 Years Rely on Four Moats
“We had data back to the sixties and looked at every company that had done more than 15% returns on capital for more than 15 years. Totally arbitrary numbers. The idea was, instead of theorizing, let's just get the data. Let's get the companies that have done t…”
Jul 6, 2026 positive
Dorsey: High-Return Internal Reinvestment Beats Returning Capital by Lowering Allocation Risks
“If I've got a choice between company A, that is constantly giving me back the money, and then I need to go reinvest it in a super competitive public equity market, or company B, which can plow it back into a 20% return capital internal project, the math is obv…”
Jul 6, 2026 negative
Dorsey: Return on Capital Is Increasingly Useless for Evaluating Modern Moats
“Today, I would argue return on capital is less useful. As a touchstone for does a company have competitive advantage? Because if you don't have any capital and your denominator is nothing, it's pretty easy to generate a high ratio, right? It's just math. There…”