Goldplat (LON:GDP) Is Investing Its Capital With Increasing Efficiency

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. Ideally, a business will show two trends; firstly a growing on capital employed (ROCE) and secondly, an increasing of capital employed. Ultimately, this demonstrates that it's a business that is reinvesting profits at increasing rates of return.

So when we looked at the ROCE trend of ( ) we really liked what we saw. 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. To calculate this metric for Goldplat, this is the formula: 0.



23 = UK£4.5m ÷ (UK£48m - UK£29m) . Therefore, In absolute terms that's a great return and it's even better than the Metals and Mining industry average of 9.

0%. In the above chart we have measured Goldplat'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 .

Goldplat 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 1,596% 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.

It's worth looking deeper into this though because while it's great that the business is more efficient, it might also mean that going forward the areas to invest internally for the organic growth are lacking. For the record though, there was a noticeable increase in the company's current liabilities over the period, so we would attribute some of the ROCE growth to that. The current liabilities has increased to 59% of total assets, so the business is now more funded by the likes of its suppliers or short-term creditors.

Given it's pretty high ratio, we'd remind investors that having current liabilities at those levels can bring about some risks in certain businesses. To sum it up, Goldplat is collecting higher returns from the same amount of capital, and that's impressive. And investors seem to expect more of this going forward, since the stock has rewarded shareholders with a 96% return over the last five years.

With that being said, we still think the promising fundamentals mean the company deserves some further due diligence. On a separate note, we've found you'll probably want to know about. High returns are a key ingredient to strong performance, so check out our list of.