We Like These Underlying Return On Capital Trends At Magnum Ventures (NSE:MAGNUM)

If you're looking for a multi-bagger, there's a few things to keep an eye out for. In a perfect world, we'd like to see a company investing more capital into its business and ideally the returns earned from that capital are also increasing. Ultimately, this demonstrates that it's a business that is reinvesting profits at increasing rates of return. Speaking of which, we noticed some great changes in Magnum Ventures' (NSE:MAGNUM) returns on capital, so let's have a look.

Return On Capital Employed (ROCE): What is it?

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. To calculate this metric for Magnum Ventures, this is the formula:

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

0.0085 = ₹18m ÷ (₹3.2b - ₹1.0b) (Based on the trailing twelve months to March 2021).

Therefore, Magnum Ventures has an ROCE of 0.9%. Ultimately, that's a low return and it under-performs the Forestry industry average of 10%.

Check out our latest analysis for Magnum Ventures

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'd like to look at how Magnum Ventures 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're delighted to see that Magnum Ventures is reaping rewards from its investments and is now generating some pre-tax profits. Shareholders would no doubt be pleased with this because the business was loss-making five years ago but is is now generating 0.9% on its capital. Not only that, but the company is utilizing 27% more capital than before, but that's to be expected from a company trying to break into profitability. This can tell us that the company has plenty of reinvestment opportunities that are able to generate higher returns.

In another part of our analysis, we noticed that the company's ratio of current liabilities to total assets decreased to 32%, which broadly means the business is relying less on its suppliers or short-term creditors to fund its operations. Therefore we can rest assured that the growth in ROCE is a result of the business' fundamental improvements, rather than a cooking class featuring this company's books.

What We Can Learn From Magnum Ventures' ROCE

Long story short, we're delighted to see that Magnum Ventures' reinvestment activities have paid off and the company is now profitable. And a remarkable 165% total return over the last five years tells us that investors are expecting more good things to come in the future. Therefore, we think it would be worth your time to check if these trends are going to continue.

If you'd like to know more about Magnum Ventures, we've spotted 4 warning signs, and 3 of them don't sit too well with us.

While Magnum Ventures may not currently earn the highest returns, we've compiled a list of companies that currently earn more than 25% return on equity. Check out this free list here.

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