Yahoo Finance Investors Will Want Mulberry Group's (LON:MUL) Growth In ROCE To Persist
Did you know there are some financial metrics that can provide clues of a potential multi-bagger? Ideally, a business will show two trends; firstly a growing return on capital employed (ROCE) and secondly, an increasing amount of capital employed. Basically this means that a company has profitable initiatives that it can continue to reinvest in, which is a trait of a compounding machine. Speaking of which, we noticed some great changes in Mulberry Group's (LON:MUL) returns on capital, so let's have a look.
Understanding Return On Capital Employed (ROCE)
For those that aren't sure what ROCE is, it measures the amount of pre-tax profits a company can generate from the capital employed in its business. Analysts use this formula to calculate it for Mulberry Group:
Return on Capital Employed = Earnings Before Interest and Tax (EBIT) ÷ (Total Assets - Current Liabilities)
0.19 = UK£18m ÷ (UK£134m - UK£42m) (Based on the trailing twelve months to April 2022).
So, Mulberry Group has an ROCE of 19%. In absolute terms, that's a pretty normal return, and it's somewhat close to the Luxury industry average of 18%.
View our latest analysis for Mulberry Group
Historical performance is a great place to start when researching a stock so above you can see the gauge for Mulberry Group's ROCE against it's prior returns. If you're interested in investigating Mulberry Group's past further, check out this free graph of past earnings, revenue and cash flow.
How Are Returns Trending?
Mulberry Group has not disappointed with their ROCE growth. More specifically, while the company has kept capital employed relatively flat over the last five years, the ROCE has climbed 103% in that same time. So it's likely that the business is now reaping the full benefits of its past investments, since the capital employed hasn't changed considerably. On that front, things are looking good so it's worth exploring what management has said about growth plans going forward.
The Bottom Line
In summary, we're delighted to see that Mulberry Group has been able to increase efficiencies and earn higher rates of return on the same amount of capital. And since the stock has dived 73% over the last five years, there may be other factors affecting the company's prospects. In any case, we believe the economic trends of this company are positive and looking into the stock further could prove rewarding.
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