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Firan Technology Group (TSE:FTG) Will Be Hoping To Turn Its Returns On Capital Around

There are a few key trends to look for if we want to identify the next multi-bagger. 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. However, after investigating Firan Technology Group (TSE:FTG), we don't think it's current trends fit the mold of a multi-bagger.

What Is Return On Capital Employed (ROCE)?

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. To calculate this metric for Firan Technology Group, this is the formula:

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

0.046 = CA$2.8m ÷ (CA$77m - CA$16m) (Based on the trailing twelve months to June 2022).

Thus, Firan Technology Group has an ROCE of 4.6%. Ultimately, that's a low return and it under-performs the Electronic industry average of 23%.

Check out our latest analysis for Firan Technology Group

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In the above chart we have measured Firan Technology Group's prior ROCE against its prior performance, but the future is arguably more important. If you'd like to see what analysts are forecasting going forward, you should check out our free report for Firan Technology Group.

The Trend Of ROCE

In terms of Firan Technology Group's historical ROCE movements, the trend isn't fantastic. To be more specific, ROCE has fallen from 11% over the last five years. However it looks like Firan Technology Group might be reinvesting for long term growth because while capital employed has increased, the company's sales haven't changed much in the last 12 months. It's worth keeping an eye on the company's earnings from here on to see if these investments do end up contributing to the bottom line.

On a side note, Firan Technology Group has done well to pay down its current liabilities to 21% of total assets. So we could link some of this to the decrease in ROCE. Effectively this means their suppliers or short-term creditors are funding less of the business, which reduces some elements of risk. Since the business is basically funding more of its operations with it's own money, you could argue this has made the business less efficient at generating ROCE.

The Bottom Line

To conclude, we've found that Firan Technology Group is reinvesting in the business, but returns have been falling. Since the stock has declined 44% over the last five years, investors may not be too optimistic on this trend improving either. On the whole, we aren't too inspired by the underlying trends and we think there may be better chances of finding a multi-bagger elsewhere.

Firan Technology Group does have some risks though, and we've spotted 1 warning sign for Firan Technology Group that you might be interested in.

While Firan Technology Group 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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