Jensen-Group (EBR:JEN) Posted Healthy Earnings But There Are Some Other Factors To Be Aware Of

Jensen-Group NV's (EBR:JEN) robust earnings report didn't manage to move the market for its stock. Our analysis suggests that shareholders have noticed something concerning in the numbers.

Check out our latest analysis for Jensen-Group

In order to understand the potential for per share returns, it is essential to consider how much a company is diluting shareholders. Jensen-Group expanded the number of shares on issue by 24% over the last year. That means its earnings are split among a greater number of shares. To celebrate net income while ignoring dilution is like rejoicing because you have a single slice of a larger pizza, but ignoring the fact that the pizza is now cut into many more slices. Check out Jensen-Group's historical EPS growth by clicking on this link.

A Look At The Impact Of Jensen-Group's Dilution On Its Earnings Per Share (EPS)

Jensen-Group has improved its profit over the last three years, with an annualized gain of 307% in that time. In comparison, earnings per share only gained 248% over the same period. And the 89% profit boost in the last year certainly seems impressive at first glance. But in comparison, EPS only increased by 61% over the same period. And so, you can see quite clearly that dilution is having a rather significant impact on shareholders.

In the long term, earnings per share growth should beget share price growth. So Jensen-Group shareholders will want to see that EPS figure continue to increase. But on the other hand, we'd be far less excited to learn profit (but not EPS) was improving. For the ordinary retail shareholder, EPS is a great measure to check your hypothetical "share" of the company's profit.

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.

Our Take On Jensen-Group's Profit Performance

Each Jensen-Group share now gets a meaningfully smaller slice of its overall profit, due to dilution of existing shareholders. Because of this, we think that it may be that Jensen-Group's statutory profits are better than its underlying earnings power. But the good news is that its EPS growth over the last three years has been very impressive. At the end of the day, it's essential to consider more than just the factors above, if you want to understand the company properly. With this in mind, we wouldn't consider investing in a stock unless we had a thorough understanding of the risks. Every company has risks, and we've spotted 2 warning signs for Jensen-Group (of which 1 can't be ignored!) you should know about.

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