Yahoo Finance What We Make Of Gibson Energy's (TSE:GEI) Returns On Capital
To find a multi-bagger stock, what are the underlying trends we should look for in a business? 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. 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 Gibson Energy (TSE:GEI) and its trend of ROCE, we really liked what we saw.
Return On Capital Employed (ROCE): What is it?
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. The formula for this calculation on Gibson Energy is:
Return on Capital Employed = Earnings Before Interest and Tax (EBIT) ÷ (Total Assets - Current Liabilities)
0.11 = CA$268m ÷ (CA$2.9b - CA$442m) (Based on the trailing twelve months to March 2020).
So, Gibson Energy has an ROCE of 11%. On its own, that's a standard return, however it's much better than the 5.8% generated by the Oil and Gas industry.
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In the above chart we have a measured Gibson Energy'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 report on analyst forecasts for the company.
The Trend Of ROCE
Gibson Energy has not disappointed with their ROCE growth. More specifically, while the company has kept capital employed relatively flat over the last five years, the ROCE has climbed 79% in that same time. So it's likely that the business is now reaping the full benefits of its past investments, since the capital employed hasn't changed considerably. The company is doing well in that sense, and it's worth investigating what the management team has planned for long term growth prospects.
The Bottom Line
As discussed above, Gibson Energy appears to be getting more proficient at generating returns since capital employed has remained flat but earnings (before interest and tax) are up. Since the stock has returned a solid 75% to shareholders over the last five 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 Gibson Energy can keep these trends up, it could have a bright future ahead.
On a final note, we found 2 warning signs for Gibson Energy (1 can't be ignored) you should be aware of.
While Gibson Energy isn't earning the highest return, check out this free list of companies that are earning high returns on equity with solid balance sheets.
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