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Investors Could Be Concerned With Rogers' (NYSE:ROG) Returns On Capital

Simply Wall St·02/22/2025 14:26:53
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What financial metrics can indicate to us that a company is maturing or even in decline? Typically, we'll see the trend of both return on capital employed (ROCE) declining and this usually coincides with a decreasing amount of capital employed. This combination can tell you that not only is the company investing less, it's earning less on what it does invest. So after we looked into Rogers (NYSE:ROG), the trends above didn't look too great.

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 Rogers:

Return on Capital Employed = Earnings Before Interest and Tax (EBIT) ÷ (Total Assets - Current Liabilities)

0.042 = US$57m ÷ (US$1.5b - US$124m) (Based on the trailing twelve months to December 2024).

Therefore, Rogers has an ROCE of 4.2%. Ultimately, that's a low return and it under-performs the Electronic industry average of 9.8%.

See our latest analysis for Rogers

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NYSE:ROG Return on Capital Employed February 22nd 2025

Above you can see how the current ROCE for Rogers compares to its prior returns on capital, but there's only so much you can tell from the past. If you'd like, you can check out the forecasts from the analysts covering Rogers for free.

How Are Returns Trending?

There is reason to be cautious about Rogers, given the returns are trending downwards. Unfortunately the returns on capital have diminished from the 9.7% that they were earning five years ago. Meanwhile, capital employed in the business has stayed roughly the flat over the period. This combination can be indicative of a mature business that still has areas to deploy capital, but the returns received aren't as high due potentially to new competition or smaller margins. So because these trends aren't typically conducive to creating a multi-bagger, we wouldn't hold our breath on Rogers becoming one if things continue as they have.

The Bottom Line On Rogers' ROCE

All in all, the lower returns from the same amount of capital employed aren't exactly signs of a compounding machine. Investors haven't taken kindly to these developments, since the stock has declined 26% from where it was five years ago. With underlying trends that aren't great in these areas, we'd consider looking elsewhere.

If you want to continue researching Rogers, you might be interested to know about the 2 warning signs that our analysis has discovered.

While Rogers 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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