There May Be Underlying Issues With The Quality Of Liburnia Riviera Hoteli d.d's (ZGSE:LRH) Earnings

Liburnia Riviera Hoteli d.d.'s (ZGSE:LRH) robust earnings report didn't manage to move the market for its stock. Our analysis suggests that shareholders have noticed something concerning in the numbers.

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How Do Unusual Items Influence Profit?

For anyone who wants to understand Liburnia Riviera Hoteli d.d's profit beyond the statutory numbers, it's important to note that during the last twelve months statutory profit gained from €589k 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. If Liburnia Riviera Hoteli d.d doesn't see that contribution repeat, then all else being equal we'd expect its profit to drop over the current year.

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Our Take On Liburnia Riviera Hoteli d.d's Profit Performance

We'd posit that Liburnia Riviera Hoteli d.d's statutory earnings aren't a clean read on ongoing productivity, due to the large unusual item. Therefore, it seems possible to us that Liburnia Riviera Hoteli d.d's true underlying earnings power is actually less than its statutory profit. But at least holders can take some solace from the 62% EPS growth in the last year. At the end of the day, it's essential to consider more than just the factors above, if you want to understand the company properly. If you want to do dive deeper into Liburnia Riviera Hoteli d.d, you'd also look into what risks it is currently facing. While conducting our analysis, we found that Liburnia Riviera Hoteli d.d has 1 warning sign and it would be unwise to ignore this.

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