If you're looking for a multi-bagger, there's a few things to keep an eye out for. In a perfect world, we'd like to see a company investing more capital into its business and ideally the returns earned from that capital are also increasing. This shows us that it's a compounding machine, able to continually reinvest its earnings back into the business and generate higher returns. However, after investigating Easyhome New Retail Group (SZSE:000785), we don't think it's current trends fit the mold of a multi-bagger.

What Is Return On Capital Employed (ROCE)?

If you haven't worked with ROCE before, it measures the 'return' (pre-tax profit) a company generates from capital employed in its business. Analysts use this formula to calculate it for Easyhome New Retail Group:

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

0.057 = CN¥2.5b ÷ (CN¥54b - CN¥9.4b) (Based on the trailing twelve months to September 2023).

Therefore, Easyhome New Retail Group has an ROCE of 5.7%. In absolute terms, that's a low return but it's around the Multiline Retail industry average of 5.3%.

Check out our latest analysis for Easyhome New Retail Group

Above you can see how the current ROCE for Easyhome New Retail Group compares to its prior returns on capital, but there's only so much you can tell from the past. If you're interested, you can view the analysts predictions in our free report on analyst forecasts for the company.

What Can We Tell From Easyhome New Retail Group's ROCE Trend?

On the surface, the trend of ROCE at Easyhome New Retail Group doesn't inspire confidence. Around five years ago the returns on capital were 12%, but since then they've fallen to 5.7%. On the other hand, the company has been employing more capital without a corresponding improvement in sales in the last year, which could suggest these investments are longer term plays. It's worth keeping an eye on the company's earnings from here on to see if these investments do end up contributing to the bottom line.

The Bottom Line

In summary, Easyhome New Retail Group is reinvesting funds back into the business for growth but unfortunately it looks like sales haven't increased much just yet. And in the last three years, the stock has given away 56% so the market doesn't look too hopeful on these trends strengthening any time soon. On the whole, we aren't too inspired by the underlying trends and we think there may be better chances of finding a multi-bagger elsewhere.

On a final note, we've found 3 warning signs for Easyhome New Retail Group that we think you should be aware of.

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