Returns At Savola Group (TADAWUL:2050) Are On The Way Up

To find a multi-bagger stock, what are the underlying trends we should look for in a business? 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. If you see this, it typically means it's a company with a great business model and plenty of profitable reinvestment opportunities. With that in mind, we've noticed some promising trends at Savola Group (TADAWUL:2050) so let's look a bit deeper.

Understanding 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. To calculate this metric for Savola Group, this is the formula:

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

0.067 = ر.س1.4b ÷ (ر.س34b - ر.س12b) (Based on the trailing twelve months to September 2024).

So, Savola Group has an ROCE of 6.7%. In absolute terms, that's a low return and it also under-performs the Food industry average of 13%.

See our latest analysis for Savola Group

In the above chart we have measured Savola Group'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 Savola Group for free.

How Are Returns Trending?

Savola Group's ROCE growth is quite impressive. More specifically, while the company has kept capital employed relatively flat over the last five years, the ROCE has climbed 165% in that same time. 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. The company is doing well in that sense, and it's worth investigating what the management team has planned for long term growth prospects.

What We Can Learn From Savola Group's ROCE

As discussed above, Savola Group 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 stock has only returned 35% to shareholders over the last five years, the promising fundamentals may not be recognized yet by investors. Given that, we'd look further into this stock in case it has more traits that could make it multiply in the long term.

Savola Group does come with some risks though, we found 3 warning signs in our investment analysis, and 2 of those are a bit concerning...

While Savola Group isn't earning the highest return, check out this free list of companies that are earning high returns on equity with solid balance sheets.

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