Additional Considerations Required While Assessing ZHEJIANG DIBAY ELECTRICLtd's (SHSE:603320) Strong Earnings

Despite announcing strong earnings, ZHEJIANG DIBAY ELECTRIC CO.,Ltd.'s (SHSE:603320) stock was sluggish. Our analysis uncovered some concerning factors that we believe the market might be paying attention to.

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How Do Unusual Items Influence Profit?

To properly understand ZHEJIANG DIBAY ELECTRICLtd's profit results, we need to consider the CN¥5.8m gain attributed to unusual items. While it's always nice to have higher profit, a large contribution from unusual items sometimes dampens our enthusiasm. When we analysed the vast majority of listed companies worldwide, we found that significant unusual items are often not repeated. And, after all, that's exactly what the accounting terminology implies. If ZHEJIANG DIBAY ELECTRICLtd doesn't see that contribution repeat, then all else being equal we'd expect its profit to drop over the current year.

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Our Take On ZHEJIANG DIBAY ELECTRICLtd's Profit Performance

We'd posit that ZHEJIANG DIBAY ELECTRICLtd'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 ZHEJIANG DIBAY ELECTRICLtd's statutory profits are better than its underlying earnings power. The silver lining is that its EPS growth over the last year has been really wonderful, even if it's not a perfect measure. 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. If you want to do dive deeper into ZHEJIANG DIBAY ELECTRICLtd, you'd also look into what risks it is currently facing. For example, ZHEJIANG DIBAY ELECTRICLtd has 3 warning signs (and 1 which doesn't sit too well with us) we think you should know about.

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