Wesfarmers Managing Director Rob Scott says the return on invested capital for the company is a “key focus” after Wesfarmers records a profit of around $2.5 billion. “We have some really high-quality businesses within the portfolio and that gives us the opportunity to get really good returns on the incremental capital that we invest,” he told Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood. “This was a great year where most of our businesses delivered either a record result or a very strong result.”
Wesfarmers Managing Director Rob Scott says the return on invested capital for the company is a “key focus” after Wesfarmers records a profit of around $2.5 billion.
“We have some really high-quality businesses within the portfolio and that gives us the opportunity to get really good returns on the incremental capital that we invest,” he told Sky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood. “This was a great year where most of our businesses delivered either a record result or a very strong result.”
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