WESTJET Strategy Overview
Non-GAAP Financial Measures (continued)
Return on invested capital:
ROIC is a measure commonly used in the airline industry to assess the efficiency with which a company allocates its capital to
generate returns. Return is calculated based on our earnings before tax, excluding special items, finance costs and implied
interest on our off-balance-sheet aircraft leases. Invested capital includes average long-term debt, average finance lease
obligations, average shareholders' equity and off-balance-sheet aircraft operating leases.
Free cash flow:
Operating cash flow less capital expenditures. This measure is used to calculate the amount of cash available that can be used
to pursue other opportunities after maintaining and expanding the asset base
Cash to trailing 12 months revenue:
Cash as a percentage of the trailing twelve months' revenue is a measure commonly used in the airline industry to compare
liquidity positions, adjusting for seasonality that may occur within a financial year.
CASM, excluding fuel and employee profit share:
CASM is a common measure used in the airline industry to measure an airline's cost structure and efficiency. We exclude the
effects of aircraft fuel expense and employee profit share expense to assess the operating performance of our business. Fuel
expense is excluded from our operating results because fuel prices are affected by a host of factors outside our control.
Additionally, employee profit share expense is excluded as it varies based on the outcome of our net earnings. Excluding these
expenses allows us to analyze our operating results to those of other airlines.
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