Return Trends At Gremi Media (WSE:GME) Aren't Appealing

Did you know there are some financial metrics that can provide clues of a potential multi-bagger? Typically, we'll want to notice a trend of growing return on capital employed (ROCE) and alongside that, an expanding base of capital employed. Basically this means that a company has profitable initiatives that it can continue to reinvest in, which is a trait of a compounding machine. That's why when we briefly looked at Gremi Media's (WSE:GME) ROCE trend, we were pretty happy with what we saw.

What is 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 Gremi Media is:

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

0.16 = zł17m ÷ (zł141m - zł35m) (Based on the trailing twelve months to March 2021).

Therefore, Gremi Media has an ROCE of 16%. That's a pretty standard return and it's in line with the industry average of 16%.

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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 Gremi Media has performed in the past in other metrics, you can view this free graph of past earnings, revenue and cash flow.

What Can We Tell From Gremi Media's ROCE Trend?

While the current returns on capital are decent, they haven't changed much. Over the past five years, ROCE has remained relatively flat at around 16% and the business has deployed 40% more capital into its operations. 16% is a pretty standard return, and it provides some comfort knowing that Gremi Media has consistently earned this amount. Stable returns in this ballpark can be unexciting, but if they can be maintained over the long run, they often provide nice rewards to shareholders.

The Bottom Line

In the end, Gremi Media has proven its ability to adequately reinvest capital at good rates of return. Yet over the last three years the stock has declined 28%, so the decline might provide an opening. That's why we think it'd be worthwhile to look further into this stock given the fundamentals are appealing.

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