Carasso Real Estate's (TLV:CRSR) Promising Earnings May Rest On Soft Foundations

Carasso Real Estate Ltd (TLV:CRSR) just reported some strong earnings, and the market reacted accordingly with a healthy uplift in the share price. However, our analysis suggests that shareholders may be missing some factors that indicate the earnings result was not as good as it looked.

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How Do Unusual Items Influence Profit?

Importantly, our data indicates that Carasso Real Estate's profit received a boost of ₪116m in unusual items, over the last year. While we like to see profit increases, we tend to be a little more cautious when unusual items have made a big contribution. We ran the numbers on most publicly listed companies worldwide, and it's very common for unusual items to be once-off in nature. Which is hardly surprising, given the name. We can see that Carasso Real Estate's positive unusual items were quite significant relative to its profit in the year to September 2024. As a result, we can surmise that the unusual items are making its statutory profit significantly stronger than it would otherwise be.

Note: we always recommend investors check balance sheet strength. Click here to be taken to our balance sheet analysis of Carasso Real Estate.

Our Take On Carasso Real Estate's Profit Performance

As we discussed above, we think the significant positive unusual item makes Carasso Real Estate's earnings a poor guide to its underlying profitability. For this reason, we think that Carasso Real Estate's statutory profits may be a bad guide to its underlying earnings power, and might give investors an overly positive impression of the company. But at least holders can take some solace from the 18% per annum growth in EPS for the last three. 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. So while earnings quality is important, it's equally important to consider the risks facing Carasso Real Estate at this point in time. Our analysis shows 3 warning signs for Carasso Real Estate (2 shouldn't be ignored!) and we strongly recommend you look at them before investing.

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