12-03-2025
Glostrext Berhad (KLSE:GLXT) Shareholders Will Want The ROCE Trajectory To Continue
There are a few key trends to look for if we want to identify the next multi-bagger. One common approach is to try and find a company with returns on capital employed (ROCE) that are increasing, in conjunction with a growing amount of capital employed. Ultimately, this demonstrates that it's a business that is reinvesting profits at increasing rates of return. So on that note, Glostrext Berhad (KLSE:GLXT) looks quite promising in regards to its trends of return on capital.
If you haven't worked with ROCE before, it measures the 'return' (pre-tax profit) a company generates from capital employed in its business. The formula for this calculation on Glostrext Berhad is:
Return on Capital Employed = Earnings Before Interest and Tax (EBIT) ÷ (Total Assets - Current Liabilities)
0.11 = RM6.8m ÷ (RM65m - RM4.5m) (Based on the trailing twelve months to December 2024).
Therefore, Glostrext Berhad has an ROCE of 11%. In absolute terms, that's a satisfactory return, but compared to the Construction industry average of 8.9% it's much better.
View our latest analysis for Glostrext Berhad
While the past is not representative of the future, it can be helpful to know how a company has performed historically, which is why we have this chart above. If you'd like to look at how Glostrext Berhad has performed in the past in other metrics, you can view this free graph of Glostrext Berhad's past earnings, revenue and cash flow.
Glostrext Berhad is displaying some positive trends. Over the last four years, returns on capital employed have risen substantially to 11%. Basically the business is earning more per dollar of capital invested and in addition to that, 62% more capital is being employed now too. 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.
To sum it up, Glostrext Berhad has proven it can reinvest in the business and generate higher returns on that capital employed, which is terrific. Considering the stock has delivered 3.7% to its stockholders over the last year, it may be fair to think that investors aren't fully aware of the promising trends yet. Given that, we'd look further into this stock in case it has more traits that could make it multiply in the long term.
Glostrext Berhad does have some risks, we noticed 3 warning signs (and 1 which can't be ignored) we think you should know about.
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