Yahoo Finance Sigma Lithium (NASDAQ:SGML) Is Doing The Right Things To Multiply Its Share Price
Finding a business that has the potential to grow substantially is not easy, but it is possible if we look at a few key financial metrics. Typically, we'll want to notice a trend of growing return on capital employed (ROCE) and alongside that, an expanding base 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. With that in mind, we've noticed some promising trends at Sigma Lithium (NASDAQ:SGML) so let's look a bit deeper.
What Is Return On Capital Employed (ROCE)?
If you haven't worked with ROCE before, it measures the 'return' (pre-tax profit) a company generates from capital employed in its business. To calculate this metric for Sigma Lithium, this is the formula:
Return on Capital Employed = Earnings Before Interest and Tax (EBIT) ÷ (Total Assets - Current Liabilities)
0.033 = CA$12m ÷ (CA$581m - CA$222m) (Based on the trailing twelve months to March 2024).
Therefore, Sigma Lithium has an ROCE of 3.3%. In absolute terms, that's a low return and it also under-performs the Metals and Mining industry average of 8.9%.
View our latest analysis for Sigma Lithium
In the above chart we have measured Sigma Lithium'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 analyst report for Sigma Lithium .
What The Trend Of ROCE Can Tell Us
We're delighted to see that Sigma Lithium is reaping rewards from its investments and is now generating some pre-tax profits. Shareholders would no doubt be pleased with this because the business was loss-making five years ago but is is now generating 3.3% on its capital. And unsurprisingly, like most companies trying to break into the black, Sigma Lithium is utilizing 2,917% more capital than it was five years ago. We like this trend, because it tells us the company has profitable reinvestment opportunities available to it, and if it continues going forward that can lead to a multi-bagger performance.
The Key Takeaway
To the delight of most shareholders, Sigma Lithium has now broken into profitability. And with the stock having performed exceptionally well over the last five years, these patterns are being accounted for by investors. With that being said, we still think the promising fundamentals mean the company deserves some further due diligence.
On a final note, we've found 1 warning sign for Sigma Lithium that we think you should be aware of.
While Sigma Lithium 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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