Could Taiga Building Products (TSE:TBL) Multiply In Value?

There are a few key trends to look for if we want to identify the next multi-bagger. 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. With that in mind, the ROCE of Taiga Building Products (TSE:TBL) looks attractive right now, so lets see what the trend of returns can tell us.

Return On Capital Employed (ROCE): What is it?

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. The formula for this calculation on Taiga Building Products is:

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

0.27 = CA$87m ÷ (CA$488m - CA$172m) (Based on the trailing twelve months to September 2020).

Therefore, Taiga Building Products has an ROCE of 27%. That's a fantastic return and not only that, it outpaces the average of 11% earned by companies in a similar industry.

Check out our latest analysis for Taiga Building Products

Historical performance is a great place to start when researching a stock so above you can see the gauge for Taiga Building Products' ROCE against it's prior returns. If you'd like to look at how Taiga Building Products has performed in the past in other metrics, you can view this free graph of past earnings, revenue and cash flow.

So How Is Taiga Building Products' ROCE Trending?

Taiga Building Products deserves to be commended in regards to it's returns. Over the past five years, ROCE has remained relatively flat at around 27% and the business has deployed 134% more capital into its operations. Now considering ROCE is an attractive 27%, this combination is actually pretty appealing because it means the business can consistently put money to work and generate these high returns. You'll see this when looking at well operated businesses or favorable business models.

On a side note, Taiga Building Products has done well to reduce current liabilities to 35% of total assets over the last five years. Effectively suppliers now fund less of the business, which can lower some elements of risk.

The Bottom Line On Taiga Building Products' ROCE

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. And the stock has done incredibly well with a 266% return over the last five years, so long term investors are no doubt ecstatic with that result. So while the positive underlying trends may be accounted for by investors, we still think this stock is worth looking into further.

One more thing to note, we've identified 1 warning sign with Taiga Building Products and understanding this should be part of your investment process.

Taiga Building Products is not the only stock earning high returns. If you'd like to see more, check out our free list of companies earning high returns on equity with solid fundamentals.

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