Chengdu Wintrue Holding's (SZSE:002539) Sluggish Earnings Might Be Just The Beginning Of Its Problems

Chengdu Wintrue Holding Co., Ltd.'s (SZSE:002539) recent weak earnings report didn't cause a big stock movement. We think that investors are worried about some weaknesses underlying the earnings.

See our latest analysis for Chengdu Wintrue Holding

The Impact Of Unusual Items On Profit

For anyone who wants to understand Chengdu Wintrue Holding's profit beyond the statutory numbers, it's important to note that during the last twelve months statutory profit gained from CN¥161m worth of unusual items. We can't deny that higher profits generally leave us optimistic, but we'd prefer it if the profit were to be sustainable. 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 that's as you'd expect, given these boosts are described as 'unusual'. Assuming those unusual items don't show up again in the current year, we'd thus expect profit to be weaker next year (in the absence of business growth, that is).

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 Chengdu Wintrue Holding's Profit Performance

We'd posit that Chengdu Wintrue Holding's statutory earnings aren't a clean read on ongoing productivity, due to the large unusual item. Therefore, it seems possible to us that Chengdu Wintrue Holding's true underlying earnings power is actually less than its statutory profit. In further bad news, its earnings per share decreased in the last year. 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. So if you'd like to dive deeper into this stock, it's crucial to consider any risks it's facing. Every company has risks, and we've spotted 2 warning signs for Chengdu Wintrue Holding (of which 1 makes us a bit uncomfortable!) you should know about.

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