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. If you see this, it typically means it's a company with a great business model and plenty of profitable reinvestment opportunities. That's why when we briefly looked at PSK's (KOSDAQ:319660) ROCE trend, we were pretty happy with what we saw.
Understanding Return On Capital Employed (ROCE)
For those that aren't sure what ROCE is, it measures the amount of pre-tax profits a company can generate from the capital employed in its business. The formula for this calculation on PSK is:
Return on Capital Employed = Earnings Before Interest and Tax (EBIT) ÷ (Total Assets - Current Liabilities)
0.19 = ₩86b ÷ (₩548b - ₩102b) (Based on the trailing twelve months to June 2024).
So, PSK has an ROCE of 19%. On its own, that's a standard return, however it's much better than the 5.4% generated by the Semiconductor industry.
See our latest analysis for PSK
In the above chart we have measured PSK's prior ROCE against its prior performance, but the future is arguably more important. If you're interested, you can view the analysts predictions in our free analyst report for PSK .
So How Is PSK's ROCE Trending?
The trend of ROCE doesn't stand out much, but returns on a whole are decent. The company has consistently earned 19% for the last four years, and the capital employed within the business has risen 108% in that time. Since 19% is a moderate ROCE though, it's good to see a business can continue to reinvest at these decent rates of return. Over long periods of time, returns like these might not be too exciting, but with consistency they can pay off in terms of share price returns.
The Bottom Line
To sum it up, PSK has simply been reinvesting capital steadily, at those decent rates of return. On top of that, the stock has rewarded shareholders with a remarkable 159% return to those who've held over the last five years. So while investors seem to be recognizing these promising trends, we still believe the stock deserves further research.
On a separate note, we've found 1 warning sign for PSK you'll probably want to know about.
While PSK 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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About KOSDAQ:A319660
PSK
Develops, manufactures, and sells semiconductor processing equipment in worldwide.
Very undervalued with excellent balance sheet.
