Pensonic Holdings Berhad (KLSE:PENSONI) Is Experiencing Growth In Returns On Capital
There are a few key trends to look for if we want to identify the next multi-bagger. In a perfect world, we'd like to see a company investing more capital into its business and ideally the returns earned from that capital are also increasing. Basically this means that a company has profitable initiatives that it can continue to reinvest in, which is a trait of a compounding machine. So when we looked at Pensonic Holdings Berhad (KLSE:PENSONI) and its trend of ROCE, we really liked what we saw.
Return On Capital Employed (ROCE): What Is It?
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 Pensonic Holdings Berhad:
Return on Capital Employed = Earnings Before Interest and Tax (EBIT) ÷ (Total Assets - Current Liabilities)
0.0088 = RM1.4m ÷ (RM292m - RM132m) (Based on the trailing twelve months to August 2025).
So, Pensonic Holdings Berhad has an ROCE of 0.9%. In absolute terms, that's a low return and it also under-performs the Consumer Durables industry average of 9.8%.
View our latest analysis for Pensonic Holdings Berhad
While the past is not representative of the future, it can be helpful to know how a company has performed historically, which is why we have this chart above. If you'd like to look at how Pensonic Holdings Berhad has performed in the past in other metrics, you can view this free graph of Pensonic Holdings Berhad's past earnings, revenue and cash flow.
How Are Returns Trending?
Even though ROCE is still low in absolute terms, it's good to see it's heading in the right direction. Looking at the data, we can see that even though capital employed in the business has remained relatively flat, the ROCE generated has risen by 469% over the last five years. Basically the business is generating higher returns from the same amount of capital and that is proof that there are improvements in the company's efficiencies. On that front, things are looking good so it's worth exploring what management has said about growth plans going forward.
Another thing to note, Pensonic Holdings Berhad has a high ratio of current liabilities to total assets of 45%. This effectively means that suppliers (or short-term creditors) are funding a large portion of the business, so just be aware that this can introduce some elements of risk. Ideally we'd like to see this reduce as that would mean fewer obligations bearing risks.
What We Can Learn From Pensonic Holdings Berhad's ROCE
To bring it all together, Pensonic Holdings Berhad has done well to increase the returns it's generating from its capital employed. And since the stock has fallen 28% over the last five years, there might be an opportunity here. With that in mind, we believe the promising trends warrant this stock for further investigation.
Since virtually every company faces some risks, it's worth knowing what they are, and we've spotted 4 warning signs for Pensonic Holdings Berhad (of which 3 are significant!) that you should know about.
While Pensonic Holdings Berhad may not currently earn the highest returns, we've compiled a list of companies that currently earn more than 25% return on equity. Check out this free list here.
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