Mohini Health & Hygiene's (NSE:MHHL) Returns Have Hit A Wall

What are the early trends we should look for to identify a stock that could multiply in value over the long term? 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. Although, when we looked at Mohini Health & Hygiene (NSE:MHHL), it didn't seem to tick all of these boxes.

Return On Capital Employed (ROCE): What Is It?

If you haven't worked with ROCE before, it measures the 'return' (pre-tax profit) a company generates from capital employed in its business. To calculate this metric for Mohini Health & Hygiene, this is the formula:

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

0.14 = ₹143m ÷ (₹1.4b - ₹367m) (Based on the trailing twelve months to September 2022).

So, Mohini Health & Hygiene has an ROCE of 14%. On its own, that's a standard return, however it's much better than the 9.0% generated by the Medical Equipment industry.

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While the past is not representative of the future, it can be helpful to know how a company has performed historically, which is why we have this chart above. If you're interested in investigating Mohini Health & Hygiene's past further, check out this free graph of past earnings, revenue and cash flow.

The Trend Of ROCE

There hasn't been much to report for Mohini Health & Hygiene's returns and its level of capital employed because both metrics have been steady for the past four years. Businesses with these traits tend to be mature and steady operations because they're past the growth phase. With that in mind, unless investment picks up again in the future, we wouldn't expect Mohini Health & Hygiene to be a multi-bagger going forward.

In Conclusion...

In summary, Mohini Health & Hygiene isn't compounding its earnings but is generating stable returns on the same amount of capital employed. And investors may be recognizing these trends since the stock has only returned a total of 0.3% to shareholders over the last five years. So if you're looking for a multi-bagger, the underlying trends indicate you may have better chances elsewhere.

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