Returns on Capital Paint A Bright Future For Brødrene Hartmann (CPH:HART)

If we want to find a potential multi-bagger, often there are underlying trends that can provide clues. Typically, we'll want to notice a trend of growing return on capital employed (ROCE) and alongside that, an expanding base of capital employed. Ultimately, this demonstrates that it's a business that is reinvesting profits at increasing rates of return. So when we looked at the ROCE trend of Brødrene Hartmann (CPH:HART) we really liked what we saw.

What is 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 Brødrene Hartmann is:

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

0.24 = kr.496m ÷ (kr.2.6b - kr.507m) (Based on the trailing twelve months to March 2021).

Therefore, Brødrene Hartmann has an ROCE of 24%. That's a fantastic return and not only that, it outpaces the average of 11% earned by companies in a similar industry.

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Historical performance is a great place to start when researching a stock so above you can see the gauge for Brødrene Hartmann's ROCE against it's prior returns. If you want to delve into the historical earnings, revenue and cash flow of Brødrene Hartmann, check out these free graphs here.

What Can We Tell From Brødrene Hartmann's ROCE Trend?

Investors would be pleased with what's happening at Brødrene Hartmann. Over the last five years, returns on capital employed have risen substantially to 24%. 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 56%. So we're very much inspired by what we're seeing at Brødrene Hartmann thanks to its ability to profitably reinvest capital.

What We Can Learn From Brødrene Hartmann's ROCE

All in all, it's terrific to see that Brødrene Hartmann is reaping the rewards from prior investments and is growing its capital base. Since the stock has returned a staggering 122% to shareholders over the last five years, it looks like investors are recognizing these changes. Therefore, we think it would be worth your time to check if these trends are going to continue.

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