Returns At Sunfonda Group Holdings (HKG:1771) Are On The Way Up

There are a few key trends to look for if we want to identify the next multi-bagger. Amongst other things, we'll want to see two things; firstly, a growing return on capital employed (ROCE) and secondly, an expansion in the company's amount of capital employed. Basically this means that a company has profitable initiatives that it can continue to reinvest in, which is a trait of a compounding machine. So when we looked at Sunfonda Group Holdings (HKG:1771) and its trend of ROCE, we really liked what we saw.

What is Return On Capital Employed (ROCE)?

If you haven't worked with ROCE before, it measures the 'return' (pre-tax profit) a company generates from capital employed in its business. The formula for this calculation on Sunfonda Group Holdings is:

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

0.13 = CN¥386m ÷ (CN¥5.2b - CN¥2.3b) (Based on the trailing twelve months to June 2021).

Thus, Sunfonda Group Holdings has an ROCE of 13%. That's a relatively normal return on capital, and it's around the 12% generated by the Specialty Retail industry.

See our latest analysis for Sunfonda Group Holdings

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

How Are Returns Trending?

We like the trends that we're seeing from Sunfonda Group Holdings. The numbers show that in the last five years, the returns generated on capital employed have grown considerably to 13%. 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 69%. So we're very much inspired by what we're seeing at Sunfonda Group Holdings thanks to its ability to profitably reinvest capital.

On a related note, the company's ratio of current liabilities to total assets has decreased to 44%, which basically reduces it's funding from the likes of short-term creditors or suppliers. So this improvement in ROCE has come from the business' underlying economics, which is great to see. Nevertheless, there are some potential risks the company is bearing with current liabilities that high, so just keep that in mind.

The Bottom Line On Sunfonda Group Holdings' ROCE

To sum it up, Sunfonda Group Holdings has proven it can reinvest in the business and generate higher returns on that capital employed, which is terrific. Investors may not be impressed by the favorable underlying trends yet because over the last five years the stock has only returned 34% to shareholders. Given that, we'd look further into this stock in case it has more traits that could make it multiply in the long term.

On a separate note, we've found 4 warning signs for Sunfonda Group Holdings you'll probably want to know about.

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