If you're looking for a multi-bagger, there's a few things to keep an eye out for. Ideally, a business will show two trends; firstly a growing return on capital employed (ROCE) and secondly, an increasing amount of capital employed. Ultimately, this demonstrates that it's a business that is reinvesting profits at increasing rates of return. However, after investigating CECEP Wind-power CorporationLtd (SHSE:601016), we don't think it's current trends fit the mold of a multi-bagger.

What Is 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. To calculate this metric for CECEP Wind-power CorporationLtd, this is the formula:

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

0.072 = CN¥2.6b ÷ (CN¥42b - CN¥4.8b) (Based on the trailing twelve months to September 2023).

Therefore, CECEP Wind-power CorporationLtd has an ROCE of 7.2%. On its own that's a low return, but compared to the average of 5.6% generated by the Renewable Energy industry, it's much better.

In the above chart we have measured CECEP Wind-power CorporationLtd's prior ROCE against its prior performance, but the future is arguably more important. If you'd like, you can check out the forecasts from the analysts covering CECEP Wind-power CorporationLtd here for free.

How Are Returns Trending?

In terms of CECEP Wind-power CorporationLtd's historical ROCE trend, it doesn't exactly demand attention. Over the past five years, ROCE has remained relatively flat at around 7.2% and the business has deployed 96% more capital into its operations. Given the company has increased the amount of capital employed, it appears the investments that have been made simply don't provide a high return on capital.

The Bottom Line

In conclusion, CECEP Wind-power CorporationLtd has been investing more capital into the business, but returns on that capital haven't increased. And with the stock having returned a mere 40% in the last five years to shareholders, you could argue that they're aware of these lackluster trends. Therefore, if you're looking for a multi-bagger, we'd propose looking at other options.

If you want to continue researching CECEP Wind-power CorporationLtd, you might be interested to know about the 2 warning signs that our analysis has discovered.

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