Will TAI-TECH Advanced Electronics (GTSM:3357) Repeat Its Return Growth Of The Past?

If you're not sure where to start when looking for the next multi-bagger, there are a few key trends you should keep an eye out for. Firstly, we'll want to see a proven return on capital employed (ROCE) that is increasing, and secondly, an expanding base 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, the ROCE of TAI-TECH Advanced Electronics (GTSM:3357) looks great, so lets see what the trend can tell us.

Understanding Return On Capital Employed (ROCE)

If you haven't worked with ROCE before, it measures the 'return' (pre-tax profit) a company generates from capital employed in its business. To calculate this metric for TAI-TECH Advanced Electronics, this is the formula:

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

0.22 = NT$843m ÷ (NT$5.7b - NT$2.0b) (Based on the trailing twelve months to September 2020).

Therefore, TAI-TECH Advanced Electronics has an ROCE of 22%. In absolute terms that's a great return and it's even better than the Electronic industry average of 11%.

View our latest analysis for TAI-TECH Advanced Electronics

Historical performance is a great place to start when researching a stock so above you can see the gauge for TAI-TECH Advanced Electronics' ROCE against it's prior returns. If you'd like to look at how TAI-TECH Advanced Electronics has performed in the past in other metrics, you can view this free graph of past earnings, revenue and cash flow.

The Trend Of ROCE

We like the trends that we're seeing from TAI-TECH Advanced Electronics. Over the last five years, returns on capital employed have risen substantially to 22%. The amount of capital employed has increased too, by 49%. So we're very much inspired by what we're seeing at TAI-TECH Advanced Electronics thanks to its ability to profitably reinvest capital.

What We Can Learn From TAI-TECH Advanced Electronics' ROCE

To sum it up, TAI-TECH Advanced Electronics has proven it can reinvest in the business and generate higher returns on that capital employed, which is terrific. And a remarkable 548% total return over the last five years tells us that investors are expecting more good things to come in the future. 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.

If you want to continue researching TAI-TECH Advanced Electronics, you might be interested to know about the 1 warning sign that our analysis has discovered.

TAI-TECH Advanced Electronics is not the only stock earning high returns. If you'd like to see more, check out our free list of companies earning high returns on equity with solid fundamentals.

If you’re looking to trade TAI-TECH Advanced Electronics, open an account with the lowest-cost* platform trusted by professionals, Interactive Brokers. Their clients from over 200 countries and territories trade stocks, options, futures, forex, bonds and funds worldwide from a single integrated account. Promoted

This article by Simply Wall St is general in nature. It does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell any stock, and does not take account of your objectives, or your financial situation. We aim to bring you long-term focused analysis driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis may not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements or qualitative material. Simply Wall St has no position in any stocks mentioned.
^*Interactive Brokers Rated Lowest Cost Broker by StockBrokers.com Annual Online Review 2020

Have feedback on this article? Concerned about the content? Get in touch with us directly. Alternatively, email editorial-team (at) simplywallst.com.