Return Trends At ISDN Holdings (SGX:I07) Aren't Appealing

If we want to find a potential multi-bagger, often there are underlying trends that can provide clues. 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. Put simply, these types of businesses are compounding machines, meaning they are continually reinvesting their earnings at ever-higher rates of return. So, when we ran our eye over ISDN Holdings' (SGX:I07) trend of ROCE, we liked what we saw.

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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. Analysts use this formula to calculate it for ISDN Holdings:

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

0.10 = S$30m ÷ (S$423m - S$131m) (Based on the trailing twelve months to June 2025).

So, ISDN Holdings has an ROCE of 10%. That's a relatively normal return on capital, and it's around the 8.9% generated by the Electrical industry.

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Above you can see how the current ROCE for ISDN Holdings 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 ISDN Holdings .

How Are Returns Trending?

The trend of ROCE doesn't stand out much, but returns on a whole are decent. The company has consistently earned 10% for the last five years, and the capital employed within the business has risen 27% in that time. Since 10% 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

In the end, ISDN Holdings has proven its ability to adequately reinvest capital at good rates of return. And given the stock has only risen 34% over the last five years, we'd suspect the market is beginning to recognize these trends. So to determine if ISDN Holdings is a multi-bagger going forward, we'd suggest digging deeper into the company's other fundamentals.

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