according to benzinga pro during q2 ashford inc common stock amexainc earned 5900 thousand a 10145 increase from the preceding quarter ashford inc common stock also posted a total of 8834 million in sales a 3818 increase since q1 in q1 ashford inc common stock brought in 6393 million in sales but lost 407 million in earnings earnings data without context is not clear and can be difficult to base trading decisions on return on capital employed roce helps to filter signal from noise by measuring yearly pretax profit relative to capital employed by a business generally a higher roce suggests successful growth of a company and is a sign of higher earnings per share in the future in q2 ashford inc common stock posted an roce of 00 it is important to keep in mind that roce evaluates past performance and is not used as a predictive tool it is a good measure of a companys recent performance but does not account for factors that could affect earnings and sales in the near future roce is a powerful metric for comparing the effectiveness of capital allocation for similar companies a relatively high roce shows ashford inc common stock is potentially operating at a higher level of efficiency than other companies in its industry if the company is generating high profits with its current level of capital some of that money can be reinvested in more capital which will generally lead to higher returns and ultimately earnings per share eps growth for ashford inc common stock the positive return on capital employed ratio of 00 suggests that management is allocating their capital effectively effective capital allocation is a positive indicator that a company will achieve more durable success and favorable longterm returns ashford inc common stock reported q2 earnings per share at 117share which beat analyst predictions of 026share