Could The Market Be Wrong About Excellence Commercial Property & Facilities Management Group Limited (HKG:6989) Given Its Attractive Financial Prospects?

Excellence Commercial Property & Facilities Management Group (HKG:6989) has had a rough week with its share price down 8.7%. But if you pay close attention, you might gather that its strong financials could mean that the stock could potentially see an increase in value in the long-term, given how markets usually reward companies with good financial health. Specifically, we decided to study Excellence Commercial Property & Facilities Management Group's ROE in this article.

Return on Equity or ROE is a test of how effectively a company is growing its value and managing investors’ money. In other words, it is a profitability ratio which measures the rate of return on the capital provided by the company's shareholders.

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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 Excellence Commercial Property & Facilities Management Group is:

14% = CN¥462m ÷ CN¥3.4b (Based on the trailing twelve months to June 2021).

The 'return' refers to a company's earnings over the last year. So, this means that for every HK$1 of its shareholder's investments, the company generates a profit of HK$0.14.

Why Is ROE Important For Earnings Growth?

So far, we've learned that ROE is a measure of a company's profitability. 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. Assuming all else is equal, companies that have both a higher return on equity and higher profit retention are usually the ones that have a higher growth rate when compared to companies that don't have the same features.

Excellence Commercial Property & Facilities Management Group's Earnings Growth And 14% ROE

At first glance, Excellence Commercial Property & Facilities Management Group seems to have a decent ROE. On comparing with the average industry ROE of 9.5% the company's ROE looks pretty remarkable. Probably as a result of this, Excellence Commercial Property & Facilities Management Group was able to see an impressive net income growth of 36% over the last five years. However, there could also be other causes behind this growth. Such as - high earnings retention or an efficient management in place.

As a next step, we compared Excellence Commercial Property & Facilities Management Group's net income growth with the industry, and pleasingly, we found that the growth seen by the company is higher than the average industry growth of 12%.

Earnings growth is a huge factor in stock valuation. What investors need to determine next is if the expected earnings growth, or the lack of it, is already built into the share price. This then helps them determine if the stock is placed for a bright or bleak future. Is Excellence Commercial Property & Facilities Management Group fairly valued compared to other companies? These 3 valuation measures might help you decide.

Is Excellence Commercial Property & Facilities Management Group Efficiently Re-investing Its Profits?

The three-year median payout ratio for Excellence Commercial Property & Facilities Management Group is 44%, which is moderately low. The company is retaining the remaining 56%. This suggests that its dividend is well covered, and given the high growth we discussed above, it looks like Excellence Commercial Property & Facilities Management Group is reinvesting its earnings efficiently.

While Excellence Commercial Property & Facilities Management Group has been growing its earnings, it only recently started to pay dividends which likely means that the company decided to impress new and existing shareholders with a dividend.

Conclusion

In total, we are pretty happy with Excellence Commercial Property & Facilities Management Group'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. The latest industry analyst forecasts show that the company is expected to maintain its current growth rate. To know more about the company's future earnings growth forecasts take a look at this free report on analyst forecasts for the company to find out more.

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