Ideally, a business will show two trends; firstly a growing return on capital employed (ROCE) and secondly, an increasing amount of capital employed . This shows us that it's a compounding machine, able to continually reinvest its earnings back into the business and generate higher returns . However, after looking at Ariadne Australia's ROCE, you can see the gauge for the company's past earnings, revenue and cash flow . In absolute terms, that&#