Fairchem Speciality (NSE:FAIRCHEM) Is Growing Earnings But Are They A Good Guide?

Broadly speaking, profitable businesses are less risky than unprofitable ones. That said, the current statutory profit is not always a good guide to a company's underlying profitability. In this article, we'll look at how useful this year's statutory profit is, when analysing Fairchem Speciality (NSE:FAIRCHEM).

We like the fact that Fairchem Speciality made a profit of ₹1.76b on its revenue of ₹16.6b, in the last year. In the chart below, you can see that its profit and revenue have both grown over the last three years.

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Of course, when it comes to statutory profit, the devil is often in the detail, and we can get a better sense for a company by diving deeper into the financial statements. This article will discuss how unusual items have impacted Fairchem Speciality's most recent profit results. That might leave you wondering what analysts are forecasting in terms of future profitability. Luckily, you can click here to see an interactive graph depicting future profitability, based on their estimates.

The Impact Of Unusual Items On Profit

To properly understand Fairchem Speciality's profit results, we need to consider the ₹400m gain attributed to unusual items. While it's always nice to have higher profit, a large contribution from unusual items sometimes dampens our enthusiasm. We ran the numbers on most publicly listed companies worldwide, and it's very common for unusual items to be once-off in nature. And, after all, that's exactly what the accounting terminology implies. If Fairchem Speciality doesn't see that contribution repeat, then all else being equal we'd expect its profit to drop over the current year.

Our Take On Fairchem Speciality's Profit Performance

We'd posit that Fairchem Speciality's statutory earnings aren't a clean read on ongoing productivity, due to the large unusual item. Because of this, we think that it may be that Fairchem Speciality's statutory profits are better than its underlying earnings power. But on the bright side, its earnings per share have grown at an extremely impressive rate over the last three years. The goal of this article has been to assess how well we can rely on the statutory earnings to reflect the company's potential, but there is plenty more to consider. With this in mind, we wouldn't consider investing in a stock unless we had a thorough understanding of the risks. In terms of investment risks, we've identified 3 warning signs with Fairchem Speciality, and understanding these should be part of your investment process.

Today we've zoomed in on a single data point to better understand the nature of Fairchem Speciality's profit. But there are plenty of other ways to inform your opinion of a company. Some people consider a high return on equity to be a good sign of a quality business. So you may wish to see this free collection of companies boasting high return on equity, or this list of stocks that insiders are buying.

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