Are Robust Financials Driving The Recent Rally In Zhejiang Huangma Technology Co.,Ltd's (SHSE:603181) Stock?

Zhejiang Huangma TechnologyLtd (SHSE:603181) has had a great run on the share market with its stock up by a significant 19% over the last month. Given that the market rewards strong financials in the long-term, we wonder if that is the case in this instance. Specifically, we decided to study Zhejiang Huangma TechnologyLtd's ROE in this article.

ROE or return on equity is a useful tool to assess how effectively a company can generate returns on the investment it received from its shareholders. In short, ROE shows the profit each dollar generates with respect to its shareholder investments.

See our latest analysis for Zhejiang Huangma TechnologyLtd

How Do You Calculate Return On Equity?

The formula for return on equity is:

Return on Equity = Net Profit (from continuing operations) ÷ Shareholders' Equity

So, based on the above formula, the ROE for Zhejiang Huangma TechnologyLtd is:

13% = CN¥365m ÷ CN¥2.8b (Based on the trailing twelve months to June 2024).

The 'return' is the profit over the last twelve months. So, this means that for every CN¥1 of its shareholder's investments, the company generates a profit of CN¥0.13.

What Is The Relationship Between ROE And Earnings Growth?

Thus far, we have learned that ROE measures how efficiently a company is generating its profits. Based on how much of its profits the company chooses to reinvest or "retain", we are then able to evaluate a company's future ability to generate profits. Generally speaking, other things being equal, firms with a high return on equity and profit retention, have a higher growth rate than firms that don’t share these attributes.

Zhejiang Huangma TechnologyLtd's Earnings Growth And 13% ROE

To start with, Zhejiang Huangma TechnologyLtd's ROE looks acceptable. On comparing with the average industry ROE of 6.4% the company's ROE looks pretty remarkable. Probably as a result of this, Zhejiang Huangma TechnologyLtd was able to see a decent growth of 7.7% over the last five years.

Next, on comparing with the industry net income growth, we found that Zhejiang Huangma TechnologyLtd's growth is quite high when compared to the industry average growth of 6.3% in the same period, which is great to see.

The basis for attaching value to a company is, to a great extent, tied to its earnings growth. The investor should try to establish if the expected growth or decline in earnings, whichever the case may be, is priced in. By doing so, they will have an idea if the stock is headed into clear blue waters or if swampy waters await. If you're wondering about Zhejiang Huangma TechnologyLtd's's valuation, check out this gauge of its price-to-earnings ratio, as compared to its industry.

Is Zhejiang Huangma TechnologyLtd Making Efficient Use Of Its Profits?

Zhejiang Huangma TechnologyLtd's three-year median payout ratio to shareholders is 13% (implying that it retains 87% of its income), which is on the lower side, so it seems like the management is reinvesting profits heavily to grow its business.

Additionally, Zhejiang Huangma TechnologyLtd has paid dividends over a period of six years which means that the company is pretty serious about sharing its profits with shareholders. Upon studying the latest analysts' consensus data, we found that the company's future payout ratio is expected to rise to 19% over the next three years. Despite the higher expected payout ratio, the company's ROE is not expected to change by much.

Conclusion

On the whole, we feel that Zhejiang Huangma TechnologyLtd's performance has been quite good. In particular, it's great to see that the company is investing heavily into its business and along with a high rate of return, that has resulted in a sizeable growth in its earnings. Having said that, looking at the current analyst estimates, we found that the company's earnings are expected to gain momentum. Are these analysts expectations based on the broad expectations for the industry, or on the company's fundamentals? Click here to be taken to our analyst's forecasts page for the company.

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