Yahoo Finance We Think Southern Copper (NYSE:SCCO) Might Have The DNA Of A Multi-Bagger
To find a multi-bagger stock, what are the underlying trends we should look for in a business? Firstly, we'd want to identify a growing return on capital employed (ROCE) and then alongside that, an ever-increasing base of capital employed. If you see this, it typically means it's a company with a great business model and plenty of profitable reinvestment opportunities. With that in mind, the ROCE of Southern Copper (NYSE:SCCO) looks great, so lets see what the trend can tell us.
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. Analysts use this formula to calculate it for Southern Copper:
Return on Capital Employed = Earnings Before Interest and Tax (EBIT) ÷ (Total Assets - Current Liabilities)
0.38 = US$6.2b ÷ (US$18b - US$1.7b) (Based on the trailing twelve months to March 2022).
Therefore, Southern Copper has an ROCE of 38%. In absolute terms that's a great return and it's even better than the Metals and Mining industry average of 20%.
See our latest analysis for Southern Copper
In the above chart we have measured Southern Copper'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 free report on analyst forecasts for the company.
So How Is Southern Copper's ROCE Trending?
Southern Copper is displaying some positive trends. The numbers show that in the last five years, the returns generated on capital employed have grown considerably to 38%. Basically the business is earning more per dollar of capital invested and in addition to that, 29% more capital is being employed now too. This can indicate that there's plenty of opportunities to invest capital internally and at ever higher rates, a combination that's common among multi-baggers.
What We Can Learn From Southern Copper's ROCE
In summary, it's great to see that Southern Copper can compound returns by consistently reinvesting capital at increasing rates of return, because these are some of the key ingredients of those highly sought after multi-baggers. And with a respectable 75% awarded to those who held the stock over the last five years, you could argue that these developments are starting to get the attention they deserve. In light of that, we think it's worth looking further into this stock because if Southern Copper can keep these trends up, it could have a bright future ahead.
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