Yahoo Finance Owens Corning (NYSE:OC) Is Experiencing Growth In Returns On Capital
What are the early trends we should look for to identify a stock that could multiply in value over the long term? Firstly, we'd want to identify a growing return on capital employed (ROCE) and then alongside that, an ever-increasing base of capital employed. Ultimately, this demonstrates that it's a business that is reinvesting profits at increasing rates of return. Speaking of which, we noticed some great changes in Owens Corning's (NYSE:OC) returns on capital, so let's have a look.
Return On Capital Employed (ROCE): What Is It?
Just to clarify if you're unsure, ROCE is a metric for evaluating how much pre-tax income (in percentage terms) a company earns on the capital invested in its business. To calculate this metric for Owens Corning, this is the formula:
Return on Capital Employed = Earnings Before Interest and Tax (EBIT) ÷ (Total Assets - Current Liabilities)
0.19 = US$1.6b ÷ (US$11b - US$2.0b) (Based on the trailing twelve months to June 2022).
Therefore, Owens Corning has an ROCE of 19%. On its own, that's a standard return, however it's much better than the 14% generated by the Building industry.
See our latest analysis for Owens Corning
In the above chart we have measured Owens Corning's 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 Owens Corning here for free.
How Are Returns Trending?
Owens Corning's ROCE growth is quite impressive. 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 our take on this is that the business has increased efficiencies to generate these higher returns, all the while not needing to make any additional investments. On that front, things are looking good so it's worth exploring what management has said about growth plans going forward.
The Bottom Line
To bring it all together, Owens Corning has done well to increase the returns it's generating from its capital employed. Considering the stock has delivered 37% to its stockholders over the last five years, it may be fair to think that investors aren't fully aware of the promising trends yet. So with that in mind, we think the stock deserves further research.
One more thing, we've spotted 3 warning signs facing Owens Corning that you might find interesting.
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