CCR (BVMF:CCRO3) Might Have The Makings Of A Multi-Bagger

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. This shows us that it's a compounding machine, able to continually reinvest its earnings back into the business and generate higher returns. So when we looked at CCR (BVMF:CCRO3) and its trend of ROCE, we really liked what we saw.

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 CCR, this is the formula:

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

0.12 = R$5.8b ÷ (R$56b - R$8.4b) (Based on the trailing twelve months to March 2024).

Therefore, CCR has an ROCE of 12%. That's a relatively normal return on capital, and it's around the 13% generated by the Infrastructure industry.

Check out our latest analysis for CCR

Above you can see how the current ROCE for CCR 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 analyst report for CCR .

So How Is CCR's ROCE Trending?

CCR is displaying some positive trends. Over the last five years, returns on capital employed have risen substantially to 12%. The company is effectively making more money per dollar of capital used, and it's worth noting that the amount of capital has increased too, by 80%. This can indicate that there's plenty of opportunities to invest capital internally and at ever higher rates, a combination that's common among multi-baggers.

The Bottom Line

To sum it up, CCR has proven it can reinvest in the business and generate higher returns on that capital employed, which is terrific. Since the total return from the stock has been almost flat over the last five years, there might be an opportunity here if the valuation looks good. With that in mind, we believe the promising trends warrant this stock for further investigation.

CCR does have some risks, we noticed 2 warning signs (and 1 which is potentially serious) we think you should know about.

While CCR 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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