If you're looking for a multi-bagger, there's a few things to keep an eye out for. Amongst other things, we'll want to see two things; firstly, a growing return on capital employed (ROCE) and secondly, an expansion in the company's 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. With that in mind, we've noticed some promising trends at CHTC Helon (SZSE:000677) so let's look a bit deeper.

Understanding 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 CHTC Helon, this is the formula:

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

0.12 = CN¥127m ÷ (CN¥1.3b - CN¥276m) (Based on the trailing twelve months to September 2023).

Thus, CHTC Helon has an ROCE of 12%. In absolute terms, that's a satisfactory return, but compared to the Luxury industry average of 5.3% it's much better.

Check out our latest analysis for CHTC Helon

Historical performance is a great place to start when researching a stock so above you can see the gauge for CHTC Helon's ROCE against it's prior returns. If you'd like to look at how CHTC Helon has performed in the past in other metrics, you can view this free graph of past earnings, revenue and cash flow.

The Trend Of ROCE

The trends we've noticed at CHTC Helon are quite reassuring. Over the last five years, returns on capital employed have risen substantially to 12%. Basically the business is earning more per dollar of capital invested and in addition to that, 50% more capital is being employed now too. The increasing returns on a growing amount of capital is common amongst multi-baggers and that's why we're impressed.

Our Take On CHTC Helon's ROCE

To sum it up, CHTC Helon has proven it can reinvest in the business and generate higher returns on that capital employed, which is terrific. And with a respectable 42% awarded to those who held the stock over the last five years, you could argue that these developments are starting to get the attention they deserve. Therefore, we think it would be worth your time to check if these trends are going to continue.

One more thing, we've spotted 1 warning sign facing CHTC Helon that you might find interesting.

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