27-03-2025
Turning Point Brands (NYSE:TPB) Knows How To Allocate Capital Effectively
If we want to find a potential multi-bagger, often there are underlying trends that can provide clues. Ideally, a business will show two trends; firstly a growing return on capital employed (ROCE) and secondly, an increasing amount 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. Speaking of which, we noticed some great changes in Turning Point Brands' (NYSE:TPB) returns on capital, so let's have a look.
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For those that aren't sure what ROCE is, it measures the amount of pre-tax profits a company can generate from the capital employed in its business. The formula for this calculation on Turning Point Brands is:
Return on Capital Employed = Earnings Before Interest and Tax (EBIT) ÷ (Total Assets - Current Liabilities)
0.20 = US$88m ÷ (US$493m - US$45m) (Based on the trailing twelve months to December 2024).
Thus, Turning Point Brands has an ROCE of 20%. On its own that's a fantastic return on capital, though it's the same as the Tobacco industry average of 20%.
Check out our latest analysis for Turning Point Brands
In the above chart we have measured Turning Point Brands' prior ROCE against its prior performance, but the future is arguably more important. If you'd like, you can check out the forecasts from the analysts covering Turning Point Brands for free.
Turning Point Brands has not disappointed with their ROCE growth. Looking at the data, we can see that even though capital employed in the business has remained relatively flat, the ROCE generated has risen by 46% over the last five years. 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.
In summary, we're delighted to see that Turning Point Brands has been able to increase efficiencies and earn higher rates of return on the same amount of capital. And a remarkable 204% total return over the last five years tells us that investors are expecting more good things to come in the future. In light of that, we think it's worth looking further into this stock because if Turning Point Brands can keep these trends up, it could have a bright future ahead.
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