Add Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) to the Section 2 Management table in CoreSSG™ and SSGPlus™ to give members the definitive tool for assessing genuine operational excellence.

As members become more proficient with modern tools like RightStock™, our fundamental software must support deeper analytical rigor. RightStock excels at automated triage, but its high Fit Scores require human verification. Adding a 10-year ROIC trendline to Section 2 bridges this gap:

Unmasks Financial Engineering: Modern companies frequently issue debt to fund aggressive share buybacks, artificially inflating Return on Equity (ROE). ROIC measures returns across all capital, preventing members from mistaking balance-sheet leverage for an operational moat.

Verifies Cycle Durability: A multi-cycle ROIC plot reveals whether a business achieves "higher troughs and higher peaks," confirming structural competitive advantage rather than temporary macro tailwinds.

Fulfills Nicholson's Core Intent: George Nicholson designed Section 2 to evaluate management capability. Today, ROIC is the premier metric proving leadership allocates capital effectively.

Adding ROIC completes the workflow from RightStock’s automated screen into disciplined SSGPlus judgment.