Yahoo Finance Turbon (FRA:TUR) Shareholders Will Want The ROCE Trajectory To Continue
What are the early trends we should look for to identify a stock that could multiply in value over the long term? Firstly, we'll want to see a proven return on capital employed (ROCE) that is increasing, and secondly, an expanding base of capital employed. Ultimately, this demonstrates that it's a business that is reinvesting profits at increasing rates of return. So on that note, Turbon (FRA:TUR) looks quite promising in regards to its trends of return on capital.
Return On Capital Employed (ROCE): What Is It?
If you haven't worked with ROCE before, it measures the 'return' (pre-tax profit) a company generates from capital employed in its business. To calculate this metric for Turbon, this is the formula:
Return on Capital Employed = Earnings Before Interest and Tax (EBIT) ÷ (Total Assets - Current Liabilities)
0.042 = €1.6m ÷ (€46m - €9.9m) (Based on the trailing twelve months to June 2023).
Thus, Turbon has an ROCE of 4.2%. In absolute terms, that's a low return and it also under-performs the Commercial Services industry average of 8.5%.
See our latest analysis for Turbon
Historical performance is a great place to start when researching a stock so above you can see the gauge for Turbon's ROCE against it's prior returns. If you'd like to look at how Turbon has performed in the past in other metrics, you can view this free graph of Turbon's past earnings, revenue and cash flow.
So How Is Turbon's ROCE Trending?
While there are companies with higher returns on capital out there, we still find the trend at Turbon promising. The figures show that over the last five years, ROCE has grown 572% whilst employing roughly the same amount of capital. 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.
On a related note, the company's ratio of current liabilities to total assets has decreased to 21%, which basically reduces it's funding from the likes of short-term creditors or suppliers. So shareholders would be pleased that the growth in returns has mostly come from underlying business performance.
Our Take On Turbon's ROCE
As discussed above, Turbon 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 total return from the stock has been almost flat over the last five years, there might be an opportunity here if the valuation looks good. With that in mind, we believe the promising trends warrant this stock for further investigation.
On a final note, we found 4 warning signs for Turbon (1 is concerning) you should be aware of.
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