Cury Construtora e Incorporadora (BVMF:CURY3) Looks To Prolong Its Impressive Returns

What trends should we look for it we want to identify stocks that can multiply in value over the long term? 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. Ultimately, this demonstrates that it's a business that is reinvesting profits at increasing rates of return. That's why when we briefly looked at Cury Construtora e Incorporadora's (BVMF:CURY3) ROCE trend, we were very happy with what we saw.

Understanding Return On Capital Employed (ROCE)

For those who don't know, ROCE is a measure of a company's yearly pre-tax profit (its return), relative to the capital employed in the business. The formula for this calculation on Cury Construtora e Incorporadora is:

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

0.26 = R$401m ÷ (R$2.9b - R$1.4b) (Based on the trailing twelve months to June 2022).

Thus, Cury Construtora e Incorporadora has an ROCE of 26%. That's a fantastic return and not only that, it outpaces the average of 5.8% earned by companies in a similar industry.

See our latest analysis for Cury Construtora e Incorporadora

Above you can see how the current ROCE for Cury Construtora e Incorporadora compares to its prior returns on capital, but there's only so much you can tell from the past. If you'd like to see what analysts are forecasting going forward, you should check out our free report for Cury Construtora e Incorporadora.

The Trend Of ROCE

We'd be pretty happy with returns on capital like Cury Construtora e Incorporadora. The company has employed 193% more capital in the last five years, and the returns on that capital have remained stable at 26%. Now considering ROCE is an attractive 26%, this combination is actually pretty appealing because it means the business can consistently put money to work and generate these high returns. If these trends can continue, it wouldn't surprise us if the company became a multi-bagger.

On a side note, Cury Construtora e Incorporadora's current liabilities are still rather high at 48% of total assets. This effectively means that suppliers (or short-term creditors) are funding a large portion of the business, so just be aware that this can introduce some elements of risk. Ideally we'd like to see this reduce as that would mean fewer obligations bearing risks.

The Key Takeaway

In the end, the company has proven it can reinvest it's capital at high rates of returns, which you'll remember is a trait of a multi-bagger. Therefore it's no surprise that shareholders have earned a respectable 50% return if they held over the last year. So even though the stock might be more "expensive" than it was before, we think the strong fundamentals warrant this stock for further research.

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