Cheng Shin Rubber Ind (TWSE:2105) Might Have The Makings Of A Multi-Bagger

To find a multi-bagger stock, what are the underlying trends we should look for in a business? Firstly, we'll want to see a proven return on capital employed (ROCE) that is increasing, and secondly, 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. So when we looked at Cheng Shin Rubber Ind (TWSE:2105) and its trend of ROCE, we really liked what we saw.

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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. Analysts use this formula to calculate it for Cheng Shin Rubber Ind:

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

0.083 = NT$10b ÷ (NT$146b - NT$25b) (Based on the trailing twelve months to December 2024).

Therefore, Cheng Shin Rubber Ind has an ROCE of 8.3%. On its own that's a low return on capital but it's in line with the industry's average returns of 7.9%.

See our latest analysis for Cheng Shin Rubber Ind

In the above chart we have measured Cheng Shin Rubber Ind'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 Cheng Shin Rubber Ind .

So How Is Cheng Shin Rubber Ind's ROCE Trending?

Cheng Shin Rubber Ind's ROCE growth is quite impressive. More specifically, while the company has kept capital employed relatively flat over the last five years, the ROCE has climbed 43% in that same time. Basically the business is generating higher returns from the same amount of capital and that is proof that there are improvements in the company's efficiencies. On that front, things are looking good so it's worth exploring what management has said about growth plans going forward.

The Key Takeaway

In summary, we're delighted to see that Cheng Shin Rubber Ind has been able to increase efficiencies and earn higher rates of return on the same amount of capital. And investors seem to expect more of this going forward, since the stock has rewarded shareholders with a 97% return over the last five years. So given the stock has proven it has promising trends, it's worth researching the company further to see if these trends are likely to persist.

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