CIAK Grupa d.d's (ZGSE:CIAK) Problems Go Beyond Weak Profit

The market wasn't impressed with the soft earnings from CIAK Grupa d.d. (ZGSE:CIAK) recently. We did some further digging and think they have a few more reasons to be concerned beyond the statutory profit.

See our latest analysis for CIAK Grupa d.d

The Impact Of Unusual Items On Profit

Importantly, our data indicates that CIAK Grupa d.d's profit received a boost of Kn11m in unusual items, over the last year. While it's always nice to have higher profit, a large contribution from unusual items sometimes dampens our enthusiasm. When we analysed the vast majority of listed companies worldwide, we found that significant unusual items are often not repeated. And, after all, that's exactly what the accounting terminology implies. CIAK Grupa d.d had a rather significant contribution from unusual items relative to its profit to March 2021. All else being equal, this would likely have the effect of making the statutory profit a poor guide to underlying earnings power.

Note: we always recommend investors check balance sheet strength. Click here to be taken to our balance sheet analysis of CIAK Grupa d.d.

Our Take On CIAK Grupa d.d's Profit Performance

As previously mentioned, CIAK Grupa d.d's large boost from unusual items won't be there indefinitely, so its statutory earnings are probably a poor guide to its underlying profitability. For this reason, we think that CIAK Grupa d.d's statutory profits may be a bad guide to its underlying earnings power, and might give investors an overly positive impression of the company. 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. With this in mind, we wouldn't consider investing in a stock unless we had a thorough understanding of the risks. For example, we've found that CIAK Grupa d.d has 4 warning signs (2 are significant!) that deserve your attention before going any further with your analysis.

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