Will Tamagawa Holdings' (TYO:6838) Growth In ROCE Persist?

If you're looking for a multi-bagger, there's a few things to keep an eye out for. Ideally, a business will show two trends; firstly a growing return on capital employed (ROCE) and secondly, an increasing amount of capital employed. 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 Tamagawa Holdings (TYO:6838) so let's look a bit deeper.

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

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 Tamagawa Holdings, this is the formula:

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

0.068 = JP¥560m ÷ (JP¥9.9b - JP¥1.6b) (Based on the trailing twelve months to December 2020).

Therefore, Tamagawa Holdings has an ROCE of 6.8%. In absolute terms, that's a low return, but it's much better than the Communications industry average of 4.0%.

Check out our latest analysis for Tamagawa Holdings

Historical performance is a great place to start when researching a stock so above you can see the gauge for Tamagawa Holdings' ROCE against it's prior returns. If you want to delve into the historical earnings, revenue and cash flow of Tamagawa Holdings, check out these free graphs here.

The Trend Of ROCE

While in absolute terms it isn't a high ROCE, it's promising to see that it has been moving in the right direction. The numbers show that in the last five years, the returns generated on capital employed have grown considerably to 6.8%. 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 72%. This can indicate that there's plenty of opportunities to invest capital internally and at ever higher rates, a combination that's common among multi-baggers.

On a related note, the company's ratio of current liabilities to total assets has decreased to 16%, which basically reduces it's funding from the likes of short-term creditors or suppliers. 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.

The Bottom Line

A company that is growing its returns on capital and can consistently reinvest in itself is a highly sought after trait, and that's what Tamagawa Holdings has. And with a respectable 65% 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. Therefore, we think it would be worth your time to check if these trends are going to continue.

One more thing to note, we've identified 5 warning signs with Tamagawa Holdings and understanding these should be part of your investment process.

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