Concerns Surrounding Shennan Circuit's (SZSE:002916) Performance

The stock price didn't jump after Shennan Circuit Company Limited (SZSE:002916) posted decent earnings last week. We did some digging and believe investors may be worried about some underlying factors in the report.

See our latest analysis for Shennan Circuit

How Do Unusual Items Influence Profit?

For anyone who wants to understand Shennan Circuit's profit beyond the statutory numbers, it's important to note that during the last twelve months statutory profit gained from CN¥522m worth of unusual items. While we like to see profit increases, we tend to be a little more cautious when unusual items have made a big contribution. When we crunched the numbers on thousands of publicly listed companies, we found that a boost from unusual items in a given year is often not repeated the next year. Which is hardly surprising, given the name. We can see that Shennan Circuit's positive unusual items were quite significant relative to its profit in the year to March 2024. As a result, we can surmise that the unusual items are making its statutory profit significantly stronger than it would otherwise be.

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 Shennan Circuit's Profit Performance

As we discussed above, we think the significant positive unusual item makes Shennan Circuit's earnings a poor guide to its underlying profitability. For this reason, we think that Shennan Circuit's statutory profits may be a bad guide to its underlying earnings power, and might give investors an overly positive impression of the company. Nonetheless, it's still worth noting that its earnings per share have grown at 5.7% over the last three years. Of course, we've only just scratched the surface when it comes to analysing its earnings; one could also consider margins, forecast growth, and return on investment, among other factors. So if you'd like to dive deeper into this stock, it's crucial to consider any risks it's facing. While conducting our analysis, we found that Shennan Circuit has 2 warning signs and it would be unwise to ignore these bad boys.

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