Yahoo Finance The Trend Of High Returns At Power Integrations (NASDAQ:POWI) Has Us Very Interested
If we want to find a stock that could multiply over the long term, what are the underlying trends we should look for? One common approach is to try and find a company with returns on capital employed (ROCE) that are increasing, in conjunction with a growing amount of capital employed. This shows us that it's a compounding machine, able to continually reinvest its earnings back into the business and generate higher returns. With that in mind, the ROCE of Power Integrations (NASDAQ:POWI) looks great, so lets see what the trend can tell us.
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. The formula for this calculation on Power Integrations is:
Return on Capital Employed = Earnings Before Interest and Tax (EBIT) ÷ (Total Assets - Current Liabilities)
0.27 = US$202m ÷ (US$809m - US$70m) (Based on the trailing twelve months to June 2022).
Therefore, Power Integrations has an ROCE of 27%. In absolute terms that's a great return and it's even better than the Semiconductor industry average of 15%.
See our latest analysis for Power Integrations
In the above chart we have measured Power Integrations' prior ROCE against its prior performance, but the future is arguably more important. If you'd like to see what analysts are forecasting going forward, you should check out our free report for Power Integrations.
The Trend Of ROCE
Power Integrations is displaying some positive trends. The numbers show that in the last five years, the returns generated on capital employed have grown considerably to 27%. The company is effectively making more money per dollar of capital used, and it's worth noting that the amount of capital has increased too, by 33%. So we're very much inspired by what we're seeing at Power Integrations thanks to its ability to profitably reinvest capital.
In Conclusion...
To sum it up, Power Integrations has proven it can reinvest in the business and generate higher returns on that capital employed, which is terrific. And with the stock having performed exceptionally well over the last five years, these patterns are being accounted for by investors. Therefore, we think it would be worth your time to check if these trends are going to continue.
One more thing: We've identified 2 warning signs with Power Integrations (at least 1 which is potentially serious) , and understanding these would certainly be useful.
If you want to search for more stocks that have been earning high returns, check out this free list of stocks with solid balance sheets that are also earning high returns on equity.
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