Here's What To Make Of Choo Chiang Holdings' (Catalist:42E) Decelerating Rates Of Return

Simply Wall St
·3 min read

If we want to find a potential multi-bagger, often there are underlying trends that can provide clues. Typically, we'll want to notice a trend of growing return on capital employed (ROCE) and alongside that, an expanding base of capital employed. Put simply, these types of businesses are compounding machines, meaning they are continually reinvesting their earnings at ever-higher rates of return. That's why when we briefly looked at Choo Chiang Holdings' (Catalist:42E) ROCE trend, we were pretty happy with what we saw.

Return On Capital Employed (ROCE): What Is It?

For those who don't know, ROCE is a measure of a company's yearly pre-tax profit (its return), relative to the capital employed in the business. To calculate this metric for Choo Chiang Holdings, this is the formula:

Return on Capital Employed = Earnings Before Interest and Tax (EBIT) ÷ (Total Assets - Current Liabilities)

0.17 = S$10.0m ÷ (S$71m - S$13m) (Based on the trailing twelve months to June 2022).

So, Choo Chiang Holdings has an ROCE of 17%. On its own, that's a standard return, however it's much better than the 8.2% generated by the Specialty Retail industry.

Check out our latest analysis for Choo Chiang Holdings

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While the past is not representative of the future, it can be helpful to know how a company has performed historically, which is why we have this chart above. If you're interested in investigating Choo Chiang Holdings' past further, check out this free graph of past earnings, revenue and cash flow.

What Can We Tell From Choo Chiang Holdings' ROCE Trend?

The trend of ROCE doesn't stand out much, but returns on a whole are decent. The company has consistently earned 17% for the last five years, and the capital employed within the business has risen 37% in that time. Since 17% is a moderate ROCE though, it's good to see a business can continue to reinvest at these decent rates of return. Over long periods of time, returns like these might not be too exciting, but with consistency they can pay off in terms of share price returns.

In Conclusion...

In the end, Choo Chiang Holdings has proven its ability to adequately reinvest capital at good rates of return. And since the stock has risen strongly over the last five years, it appears the market might expect this trend to continue. So while the positive underlying trends may be accounted for by investors, we still think this stock is worth looking into further.

Choo Chiang Holdings does come with some risks though, we found 3 warning signs in our investment analysis, and 1 of those is significant...

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