Investors Will Want Grupo Traxión. de's (BMV:TRAXIONA) Growth In ROCE To Persist

There are a few key trends to look for if we want to identify the next multi-bagger. Amongst other things, we'll want to see two things; firstly, a growing return on capital employed (ROCE) and secondly, an expansion in the company's 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. With that in mind, we've noticed some promising trends at Grupo Traxión. de (BMV:TRAXIONA) so let's look a bit deeper.

Understanding Return On Capital Employed (ROCE)

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. The formula for this calculation on Grupo Traxión. de is:

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

0.077 = Mex$1.6b ÷ (Mex$27b - Mex$5.4b) (Based on the trailing twelve months to December 2022).

Therefore, Grupo Traxión. de has an ROCE of 7.7%. In absolute terms, that's a low return and it also under-performs the Transportation industry average of 12%.

View our latest analysis for Grupo Traxión. de

Above you can see how the current ROCE for Grupo Traxión. de compares to its prior returns on capital, but there's only so much you can tell from the past. If you'd like, you can check out the forecasts from the analysts covering Grupo Traxión. de here for free.

What The Trend Of ROCE Can Tell Us

Even though ROCE is still low in absolute terms, it's good to see it's heading in the right direction. The data shows that returns on capital have increased substantially over the last five years to 7.7%. 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 60%. So we're very much inspired by what we're seeing at Grupo Traxión. de thanks to its ability to profitably reinvest capital.

The Key Takeaway

All in all, it's terrific to see that Grupo Traxión. de is reaping the rewards from prior investments and is growing its capital base. Since the stock has returned a staggering 129% to shareholders over the last five years, it looks like investors are recognizing these changes. With that being said, we still think the promising fundamentals mean the company deserves some further due diligence.

Grupo Traxión. de does have some risks, we noticed 3 warning signs (and 1 which is a bit concerning) we think you should know about.

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