Gurit Holding (VTX:GUR) Might Become A Compounding Machine

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. 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 Gurit Holding's (VTX:GUR) ROCE trend, we were very happy with what we saw.

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

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 Gurit Holding is:

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

0.22 = CHF55m ÷ (CHF369m - CHF122m) (Based on the trailing twelve months to June 2021).

So, Gurit Holding has an ROCE of 22%. In absolute terms that's a great return and it's even better than the Chemicals industry average of 15%.

Check out our latest analysis for Gurit Holding

Above you can see how the current ROCE for Gurit Holding 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 Gurit Holding's ROCE Trend?

It's hard not to be impressed by Gurit Holding's returns on capital. Over the past five years, ROCE has remained relatively flat at around 22% and the business has deployed 35% more capital into its operations. With returns that high, it's great that the business can continually reinvest its money at such appealing rates of return. If these trends can continue, it wouldn't surprise us if the company became a multi-bagger.

What We Can Learn From Gurit Holding's ROCE

In short, we'd argue Gurit Holding has the makings of a multi-bagger since its been able to compound its capital at very profitable rates of return. On top of that, the stock has rewarded shareholders with a remarkable 114% return to those who've held over the last five years. So even though the stock might be more "expensive" than it was before, we think the strong fundamentals warrant this stock for further research.

On a separate note, we've found 2 warning signs for Gurit Holding you'll probably want to know about.

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