Delta Galil Industries' (TLV:DELG) Returns On Capital Are Heading Higher

Finding a business that has the potential to grow substantially is not easy, but it is possible if we look at a few key financial metrics. Firstly, we'd want to identify a growing return on capital employed (ROCE) and then alongside that, an ever-increasing base 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 Delta Galil Industries (TLV:DELG) and its trend of ROCE, we really liked what we saw.

What Is Return On Capital Employed (ROCE)?

For those that aren't sure what ROCE is, it measures the amount of pre-tax profits a company can generate from the capital employed in its business. To calculate this metric for Delta Galil Industries, this is the formula:

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

0.15 = US$184m ÷ (US$1.9b - US$611m) (Based on the trailing twelve months to December 2022).

Therefore, Delta Galil Industries has an ROCE of 15%. On its own, that's a standard return, however it's much better than the 10% generated by the Luxury 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 Delta Galil Industries' ROCE against it's prior returns. If you'd like to look at how Delta Galil Industries has performed in the past in other metrics, you can view this free graph of past earnings, revenue and cash flow.

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So How Is Delta Galil Industries' ROCE Trending?

We like the trends that we're seeing from Delta Galil Industries. The numbers show that in the last five years, the returns generated on capital employed have grown considerably to 15%. 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 63%. The increasing returns on a growing amount of capital is common amongst multi-baggers and that's why we're impressed.

In Conclusion...

In summary, it's great to see that Delta Galil Industries can compound returns by consistently reinvesting capital at increasing rates of return, because these are some of the key ingredients of those highly sought after multi-baggers. And with a respectable 47% awarded to those who held the stock over the last five years, you could argue that these developments are starting to get the attention they deserve. So given the stock has proven it has promising trends, it's worth researching the company further to see if these trends are likely to persist.

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