Investors Shouldn't Overlook The Favourable Returns On Capital At Monster Beverage (NASDAQ:MNST)
Did you know there are some financial metrics that can provide clues of a potential multi-bagger? Amongst other things, we'll want to see two things; firstly, a growing return on capital employed (ROCE) and secondly, an expansion in the company's amount 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. So, when we ran our eye over Monster Beverage's (NASDAQ:MNST) trend of ROCE, we really liked what we saw.
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. Analysts use this formula to calculate it for Monster Beverage:
Return on Capital Employed = Earnings Before Interest and Tax (EBIT) ÷ (Total Assets - Current Liabilities)
0.29 = US$1.8b ÷ (US$7.1b - US$888m) (Based on the trailing twelve months to June 2021).
Therefore, Monster Beverage has an ROCE of 29%. That's a fantastic return and not only that, it outpaces the average of 13% earned by companies in a similar industry.
See our latest analysis for Monster Beverage
Above you can see how the current ROCE for Monster Beverage compares to its prior returns on capital, but there's only so much you can tell from the past. If you'd like to see what analysts are forecasting going forward, you should check out our free report for Monster Beverage.
What Does the ROCE Trend For Monster Beverage Tell Us?
Monster Beverage deserves to be commended in regards to it's returns. The company has employed 75% more capital in the last five years, and the returns on that capital have remained stable at 29%. With returns that high, it's great that the business can continually reinvest its money at such appealing rates of return. If Monster Beverage can keep this up, we'd be very optimistic about its future.
The Key Takeaway
In the end, the company has proven it can reinvest it's capital at high rates of returns, which you'll remember is a trait of a multi-bagger. And the stock has followed suit returning a meaningful 90% to shareholders over the last five years. So while the positive underlying trends may be accounted for by investors, we still think this stock is worth looking into further.
On the other side of ROCE, we have to consider valuation. That's why we have a FREE intrinsic value estimation on our platform that is definitely worth checking out.
Monster Beverage is not the only stock earning high returns. If you'd like to see more, check out our free list of companies earning high returns on equity with solid fundamentals.
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