MINT Société anonyme's (EPA:ALBUD) Stock Been Rising: Are Strong Financials Guiding The Market?

MINT Société anonyme's (EPA:ALBUD) stock is up by 5.9% over the past three months. Given its impressive performance, we decided to study the company's key financial indicators as a company's long-term fundamentals usually dictate market outcomes. Specifically, we decided to study MINT Société anonyme'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. Simply put, it is used to assess the profitability of a company in relation to its equity capital.

See our latest analysis for MINT Société anonyme

How Do You Calculate Return On Equity?

ROE can be calculated by using the formula:

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

So, based on the above formula, the ROE for MINT Société anonyme is:

30% = €2.4m ÷ €8.0m (Based on the trailing twelve months to June 2020).

The 'return' is the profit over the last twelve months. So, this means that for every €1 of its shareholder's investments, the company generates a profit of €0.30.

Why Is ROE Important For Earnings Growth?

We have already established that ROE serves as an efficient profit-generating gauge for a company's future earnings. Depending on how much of these profits the company reinvests or "retains", and how effectively it does so, we are then able to assess a company’s earnings growth potential. 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.

MINT Société anonyme's Earnings Growth And 30% ROE

First thing first, we like that MINT Société anonyme has an impressive ROE. Secondly, even when compared to the industry average of 11% the company's ROE is quite impressive. So, the substantial 43% net income growth seen by MINT Société anonyme over the past five years isn't overly surprising.

Next, on comparing MINT Société anonyme's net income growth with the industry, we found that the company's reported growth is similar to the industry average growth rate of 37% in the same period.

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. This then helps them determine if the stock is placed for a bright or bleak future. One good indicator of expected earnings growth is the P/E ratio which determines the price the market is willing to pay for a stock based on its earnings prospects. So, you may want to check if MINT Société anonyme is trading on a high P/E or a low P/E, relative to its industry.

Is MINT Société anonyme Efficiently Re-investing Its Profits?

MINT Société anonyme doesn't pay any dividend to its shareholders, meaning that the company has been reinvesting all of its profits into the business. This is likely what's driving the high earnings growth number discussed above.

Summary

In total, we are pretty happy with MINT Société anonyme's performance. Specifically, we like that the company is reinvesting a huge chunk of its profits at a high rate of return. This of course has caused the company to see substantial growth in its earnings. That being so, a study of the latest analyst forecasts show that the company is expected to see a slowdown in its future earnings growth. 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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