Yahoo Finance Slowing Rates Of Return At Allison Transmission Holdings (NYSE:ALSN) Leave Little Room For Excitement
To find a multi-bagger stock, what are the underlying trends we should look for in a business? Firstly, we'll want to see a proven return on capital employed (ROCE) that is increasing, and secondly, 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. So while Allison Transmission Holdings (NYSE:ALSN) has a high ROCE right now, lets see what we can decipher from how returns are changing.
What Is Return On Capital Employed (ROCE)?
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. The formula for this calculation on Allison Transmission Holdings is:
Return on Capital Employed = Earnings Before Interest and Tax (EBIT) ÷ (Total Assets - Current Liabilities)
0.21 = US$944m ÷ (US$5.1b - US$518m) (Based on the trailing twelve months to March 2024).
So, Allison Transmission Holdings has an ROCE of 21%. In absolute terms that's a great return and it's even better than the Machinery industry average of 13%.
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Above you can see how the current ROCE for Allison Transmission Holdings compares to its prior returns on capital, but there's only so much you can tell from the past. If you'd like, you can check out the forecasts from the analysts covering Allison Transmission Holdings for free.
How Are Returns Trending?
Over the past five years, Allison Transmission Holdings' ROCE and capital employed have both remained mostly flat. Businesses with these traits tend to be mature and steady operations because they're past the growth phase. So it may not be a multi-bagger in the making, but given the decent 21% return on capital, it'd be difficult to find fault with the business's current operations.
What We Can Learn From Allison Transmission Holdings' ROCE
Although is allocating it's capital efficiently to generate impressive returns, it isn't compounding its base of capital, which is what we'd see from a multi-bagger. Since the stock has gained an impressive 98% over the last five years, investors must think there's better things to come. Ultimately, if the underlying trends persist, we wouldn't hold our breath on it being a multi-bagger going forward.
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