To find a multi-bagger stock, what are the underlying trends we should look for in a business? Typically, we’ll want to notice a trend of growing return on capital employed (ROCE) and alongside that, an expanding base of capital employed. Basically this means that a company has profitable initiatives that it can continue to reinvest in, which is a trait of a compounding machine. In light of that, when we looked at Central Asia Metals (LON:CAML) and its ROCE trend, we weren’t exactly thrilled.
Return On Capital Employed (ROCE): What Is It?
If you haven’t worked with ROCE before, it measures…