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Investors Will Want EMCORE's (NASDAQ:EMKR) Growth In ROCE To Persist

If you're looking for a multi-bagger, there's a few things to keep an eye out for. Typically, we'll want to notice a trend of growing return on capital employed (ROCE) and alongside that, an expanding base of capital employed. If you see this, it typically means it's a company with a great business model and plenty of profitable reinvestment opportunities. So when we looked at EMCORE (NASDAQ:EMKR) and its trend of ROCE, we really liked what we saw.

What is Return On Capital Employed (ROCE)?

Just to clarify if you're unsure, ROCE is a metric for evaluating how much pre-tax income (in percentage terms) a company earns on the capital invested in its business. To calculate this metric for EMCORE, this is the formula:

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

0.051 = US$6.9m ÷ (US$166m - US$29m) (Based on the trailing twelve months to March 2021).

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Therefore, EMCORE has an ROCE of 5.1%. In absolute terms, that's a low return and it also under-performs the Communications industry average of 6.8%.

View our latest analysis for EMCORE

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Above you can see how the current ROCE for EMCORE compares to its prior returns on capital, but there's only so much you can tell from the past. If you'd like, you can check out the forecasts from the analysts covering EMCORE here for free.

What Does the ROCE Trend For EMCORE Tell Us?

EMCORE has not disappointed with their ROCE growth. The figures show that over the last five years, ROCE has grown 183% whilst employing roughly the same amount of capital. Basically the business is generating higher returns from the same amount of capital and that is proof that there are improvements in the company's efficiencies. It's worth looking deeper into this though because while it's great that the business is more efficient, it might also mean that going forward the areas to invest internally for the organic growth are lacking.

The Bottom Line On EMCORE's ROCE

As discussed above, EMCORE appears to be getting more proficient at generating returns since capital employed has remained flat but earnings (before interest and tax) are up. Since the stock has returned a solid 63% to shareholders over the last five years, it's fair to say investors are beginning to recognize these changes. So given the stock has proven it has promising trends, it's worth researching the company further to see if these trends are likely to persist.

EMCORE does have some risks though, and we've spotted 2 warning signs for EMCORE that you might be interested in.

While EMCORE isn't earning the highest return, check out this free list of companies that are earning high returns on equity with solid balance sheets.

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