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Today we are going to look at Wiseway Group Limited (
ASX:WWG
) to see whether it might be an attractive investment prospect. Specifically, we’ll consider its Return On Capital Employed (ROCE), since that will give us an insight into how efficiently the business can generate profits from the capital it requires.
Firstly, we’ll go over how we calculate ROCE. Next, we’ll compare it to others in its industry. Finally, we’ll look at how its current liabilities affect its ROCE.
Understanding Return On Capital Employed (ROCE)
ROCE measures the amount of pre-tax profits a company can generate from the capital employed in its business. In general, businesses with a higher ROCE are usually better quality. Ultimately, it is a useful but imperfect metric. Renowned investment researcher Michael Mauboussin
has suggested
that a high ROCE can indicate that ‘one dollar invested in the company generates value of more than one dollar’.
So, How Do We Calculate ROCE?
The formula for calculating the return on capital employed is:
Return on Capital Employed = Earnings Before Interest and Tax (EBIT) ÷ (Total Assets – Current Liabilities)
Or for Wiseway Group:
0.30 = AU$2.3m ÷ (AU$18m – AU$10m) (Based on the trailing twelve months to June 2018.)
Therefore,
Wiseway Group has an ROCE of 30%.
See our latest analysis for Wiseway Group
Is Wiseway Group’s ROCE Good?
One way to assess ROCE is to compare similar companies. Wiseway Group’s ROCE appears to be substantially greater than the 18% average in the Logistics industry. We would consider this a positive, as it suggests it is using capital more effectively than other similar companies. Setting aside the comparison to its industry for a moment, Wiseway Group’s ROCE in absolute terms currently looks quite high.
ASX:WWG Last Perf February 1st 19
Remember that this metric is backwards looking – it shows what has happened in the past, and does not accurately predict the future. Companies in cyclical industries can be difficult to understand using ROCE, as returns typically look high during boom times, and low during busts. This is because ROCE only looks at one year, instead of considering returns across a whole cycle. You can check if Wiseway Group has cyclical profits by looking at this
free
graph of past earnings, revenue and cash flow
.
Do Wiseway Group’s Current Liabilities Skew Its ROCE?
Short term (or current) liabilities, are things like supplier invoices, overdrafts, or tax bills that need to be paid within 12 months. Due to the way ROCE is calculated, a high level of current liabilities makes a company look as though it has less capital employed, and thus can (sometimes unfairly) boost the ROCE. To counteract this, we check if a company has high current liabilities, relative to its total assets.
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Wiseway Group has total liabilities of AU$10m and total assets of AU$18m. Therefore its current liabilities are equivalent to approximately 57% of its total assets. While a high level of current liabilities boosts its ROCE, Wiseway Group’s returns are still very good.
Our Take On Wiseway Group’s ROCE
So to us, the company is potentially worth investigating further. Of course,
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