Returns At Golden Energy and Resources (SGX:AUE) Are On The Way Up

If you're looking for a multi-bagger, there's a few things to keep an eye out for. 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. Basically this means that a company has profitable initiatives that it can continue to reinvest in, which is a trait of a compounding machine. Speaking of which, we noticed some great changes in Golden Energy and Resources' (SGX:AUE) returns on capital, so let's have a look.

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. The formula for this calculation on Golden Energy and Resources is:

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

0.16 = US$183m ÷ (US$1.5b - US$369m) (Based on the trailing twelve months to June 2021).

Therefore, Golden Energy and Resources has an ROCE of 16%. By itself that's a normal return on capital and it's in line with the industry's average returns of 16%.

View our latest analysis for Golden Energy and Resources

In the above chart we have measured Golden Energy and Resources' 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 report on analyst forecasts for the company.

What The Trend Of ROCE Can Tell Us

The trends we've noticed at Golden Energy and Resources are quite reassuring. Over the last five years, returns on capital employed have risen substantially to 16%. The amount of capital employed has increased too, by 248%. 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.

The Bottom Line

To sum it up, Golden Energy and Resources has proven it can reinvest in the business and generate higher returns on that capital employed, which is terrific. Since the stock has returned a solid 98% to shareholders over the last three years, it's fair to say investors are beginning to recognize these changes. In light of that, we think it's worth looking further into this stock because if Golden Energy and Resources can keep these trends up, it could have a bright future ahead.

Golden Energy and Resources does have some risks, we noticed 3 warning signs (and 1 which makes us a bit uncomfortable) we think you should know about.

While Golden Energy and Resources 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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