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To: Lee who wrote (34677)	3/17/1998 3:06:00 PM
From: Chuzzlewit	Respond to of 176387

Lee, Return on assets represents earnings divided by total assets. Earnings, unless qualified by statements such as operating earnings, will include earnings from all sources. The second part of the statement is a non sequitor. Return on capital is the earnings divided by the equity. Cost of capital is the cost the company pays for capital in the markets (debt, equity, preference stock etc.) I don't know what DELL's cost of capital is, but it is not equal to the return on capital. I hope this helps, Regards, Paul