MFE-Mediaforeurope (BIT:MFEB) Is Doing The Right Things To Multiply Its Share Price

What are the early trends we should look for to identify a stock that could multiply in value over the long term? 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. If you see this, it typically means it's a company with a great business model and plenty of profitable reinvestment opportunities. With that in mind, we've noticed some promising trends at MFE-Mediaforeurope (BIT:MFEB) so let's look a bit deeper.

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Understanding Return On Capital Employed (ROCE)

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. The formula for this calculation on MFE-Mediaforeurope is:

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

0.17 = €345m ÷ (€3.4b - €1.4b) (Based on the trailing twelve months to March 2025).

Thus, MFE-Mediaforeurope has an ROCE of 17%. On its own, that's a standard return, however it's much better than the 11% generated by the Media industry.

See our latest analysis for MFE-Mediaforeurope

Above you can see how the current ROCE for MFE-Mediaforeurope 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 analyst report for MFE-Mediaforeurope .

How Are Returns Trending?

You'd find it hard not to be impressed with the ROCE trend at MFE-Mediaforeurope. The data shows that returns on capital have increased by 49% over the trailing five years. That's a very favorable trend because this means that the company is earning more per dollar of capital that's being employed. Speaking of capital employed, the company is actually utilizing 20% less than it was five years ago, which can be indicative of a business that's improving its efficiency. A business that's shrinking its asset base like this isn't usually typical of a soon to be multi-bagger company.

On a side note, MFE-Mediaforeurope's current liabilities are still rather high at 40% of total assets. This can bring about some risks because the company is basically operating with a rather large reliance on its suppliers or other sorts of short-term creditors. While it's not necessarily a bad thing, it can be beneficial if this ratio is lower.

What We Can Learn From MFE-Mediaforeurope's ROCE

In summary, it's great to see that MFE-Mediaforeurope has been able to turn things around and earn higher returns on lower amounts of capital. And with the stock having performed exceptionally well over the last five years, these patterns are being accounted for by investors. Therefore, we think it would be worth your time to check if these trends are going to continue.

On a final note, we've found 1 warning sign for MFE-Mediaforeurope that we think you should be aware of.

While MFE-Mediaforeurope 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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