Himatsingka Seide (NSE:HIMATSEIDE) Is Reinvesting At Lower Rates Of Return

If we want to find a potential multi-bagger, often there are underlying trends that can provide clues. Ideally, a business will show two trends; firstly a growing return on capital employed (ROCE) and secondly, an increasing amount of capital employed. This shows us that it's a compounding machine, able to continually reinvest its earnings back into the business and generate higher returns. However, after investigating Himatsingka Seide (NSE:HIMATSEIDE), we don't think it's current trends fit the mold of a multi-bagger.

Understanding Return On Capital Employed (ROCE)

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. To calculate this metric for Himatsingka Seide, this is the formula:

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

0.062 = ₹2.2b ÷ (₹56b - ₹21b) (Based on the trailing twelve months to June 2022).

Thus, Himatsingka Seide has an ROCE of 6.2%. Ultimately, that's a low return and it under-performs the Luxury industry average of 14%.

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Above you can see how the current ROCE for Himatsingka Seide compares to its prior returns on capital, but there's only so much you can tell from the past. If you'd like to see what analysts are forecasting going forward, you should check out our free report for Himatsingka Seide.

How Are Returns Trending?

When we looked at the ROCE trend at Himatsingka Seide, we didn't gain much confidence. To be more specific, ROCE has fallen from 18% over the last five years. Meanwhile, the business is utilizing more capital but this hasn't moved the needle much in terms of sales in the past 12 months, so this could reflect longer term investments. It may take some time before the company starts to see any change in earnings from these investments.

The Key Takeaway

Bringing it all together, while we're somewhat encouraged by Himatsingka Seide's reinvestment in its own business, we're aware that returns are shrinking. And investors may be expecting the fundamentals to get a lot worse because the stock has crashed 70% over the last five years. Therefore based on the analysis done in this article, we don't think Himatsingka Seide has the makings of a multi-bagger.

On a final note, we found 4 warning signs for Himatsingka Seide (1 is significant) you should be aware of.

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