calculation of after-tax return on invested capital (ROIC)

Numerator

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

(dollars in

Q4 (a)

millions) (unaudited)

Q3

Q2

Q1

Q4

Q3

Q2

Q1

Q4

Q3

Q2

Q1

Q4

Q3

Q2

Q1

Q4

Operating income

$

5,707

$

5,001

$

4,706

$

3,830

$

3,848

$

4,784

$

5,773

$

7,918

$

8,946

$

8,687

$

8,611

$

8,444

$

6,539

$

5,901

$

4,968

$

3,992

$

4,658

+ Net other income /

(expense)

92

79

65

57

48

61

54

55

382

358

346

350

(16)

(46)

(28)

(26)

9

EBIT

$

5,799

$

5,080

$

4,771

$

3,887

$

3,896

$

4,845

$

5,827

$

7,973

$

9,328

$

9,045

$

8,957

$

8,794

$

6,523

$

5,855

$

4,940

$

3,966

$

4,667

+ Operating lease

interest (b)

120

106

102

96

93

89

88

87

87

85

84

85

87

87

87

87

86

- Income taxes (c)(f)

1,295

1,050

986

770

744

1,059

1,282

1,804

2,073

1,947

1,918

1,864

1,404

1,277

1,076

855

1,045

Net operating profit

after taxes

$

4,624

$

4,136

$

3,887

$

3,213

$

3,245

$

3,875

$

4,633

$

6,256

$

7,342

$

7,183

$

7,123

$

7,015

$

5,206

$

4,665

$

3,951

$

3,198

$

3,708

Denominator

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

(dollars in

millions) (unaudited)

Q4

Q3

Q2

Q1

Q4

Q3

Q2

Q1

Q4

Q3

Q2

Q1

Q4

Q3

Q2

Q1

Q4

Current portion of

long-term debt

and other

borrowings

$

1,116

$

1,112

$

1,106

$

200

$

130

$

2,207

$

1,649

$

1,089

$

171

$

1,176

$

1,190

$

1,173

$

1,144

$

131

$

109

$

168

$

161

+ Noncurrent portion

of long-term debt

14,922

14,883

14,926

16,010

16,009

14,237

13,453

13,379

13,549

11,586

11,589

11,509

11,536

12,490

14,188

14,073

11,338

+ Shareholders'

equity

13,432

12,514

11,990

11,605

11,232

11,019

10,592

10,774

12,827

13,803

14,860

14,959

14,440

13,319

12,578

11,169

11,833

+ Operating lease

liabilities (d)

3,608

3,351

3,104

2,921

2,934

2,879

2,823

2,854

2,747

2,737

2,695

2,563

2,429

2,400

2,448

2,448

2,475

- Cash and cash

equivalents

3,805

1,910

1,617

1,321

2,229

954

1,117

1,112

5,911

5,753

7,368

7,816

8,511

5,996

7,284

4,566

2,577

Invested capital

$

29,273

$

29,950

$

29,509

$

29,415

$

28,076

$

29,388

$

27,400

$

26,984

$

23,383

$

23,549

$

22,966

$

22,388

$

21,038

$

22,344

$

22,039

$

23,292

$

23,230

Average invested

capital (e)

$

28,674

$

29,670

$

28,454

$

28,199

$

25,729

$

26,469

$

25,183

$

24,686

$

22,210

$

22,947

$

22,502

$

22,840

$

22,134

$

23,491

$

23,011

$

23,940

$

23,208

ROIC

16.1 % 13.9 % 13.7 % 11.4 % 12.6 % 14.6 % 18.4 % 25.3 % 33.1 % 31.3 % 31.7 % 30.7 % 23.5 % 19.9 % 17.2 % 13.4 % 16.0 %

  1. The trailing 12 months through Q4 2023 consisted of 53 weeks compared with 52 weeks in the comparable periods presented.
  2. Represents the add-back to operating income to reflect the hypothetical interest expense we would incur if the property under our operating leases were owned or accounted for as finance leases. Calculated using the discount rate for each lease and recorded as a component of rent expense within SG&A expense.
  3. Calculated using the effective tax rate for continuing operations.
  4. Total short-term and long-term operating lease liabilities included within Accrued and Other Current Liabilities and Noncurrent Operating Lease Liabilities, respectively.
  5. Average based on the invested capital at the end of the current period and the invested capital at the end of the comparable prior period.
  6. The effective tax rate for the trailing twelve months ended November 2, 2019, August 3, 2019, May 4, 2019 and February 2, 2019 includes discrete tax benefits of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Tax Act).

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