Are Robust Financials Driving The Recent Rally In Mold-Tek Technologies Limited's (NSE:MOLDTECH) Stock?

Mold-Tek Technologies' (NSE:MOLDTECH) stock is up by a considerable 12% over the past week. Since the market usually pay for a company’s long-term fundamentals, we decided to study the company’s key performance indicators to see if they could be influencing the market. Particularly, we will be paying attention to Mold-Tek Technologies' ROE today.

Return on equity or ROE is an important factor to be considered by a shareholder because it tells them how effectively their capital is being reinvested. In short, ROE shows the profit each dollar generates with respect to its shareholder investments.

View our latest analysis for Mold-Tek Technologies

How Do You Calculate Return On Equity?

The formula for ROE is:

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

So, based on the above formula, the ROE for Mold-Tek Technologies is:

18% = ₹123m ÷ ₹690m (Based on the trailing twelve months to December 2021).

The 'return' is the amount earned after tax over the last twelve months. So, this means that for every ₹1 of its shareholder's investments, the company generates a profit of ₹0.18.

Why Is ROE Important For Earnings Growth?

So far, we've learned that ROE is a measure of a company's profitability. We now need to evaluate how much profit the company reinvests or "retains" for future growth which then gives us an idea about the growth potential of the company. 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.

Mold-Tek Technologies' Earnings Growth And 18% ROE

To start with, Mold-Tek Technologies' ROE looks acceptable. Especially when compared to the industry average of 7.8% the company's ROE looks pretty impressive. Probably as a result of this, Mold-Tek Technologies was able to see a decent growth of 15% over the last five years.

As a next step, we compared Mold-Tek Technologies' 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 1.0%.

The basis for attaching value to a company is, to a great extent, tied to its earnings growth. It’s important for an investor to know whether the market has priced in the company's expected earnings growth (or decline). Doing so will help them establish if the stock's future looks promising or ominous. Is MOLDTECH fairly valued? This infographic on the company's intrinsic value has everything you need to know.

Is Mold-Tek Technologies Efficiently Re-investing Its Profits?

With a three-year median payout ratio of 39% (implying that the company retains 61% of its profits), it seems that Mold-Tek Technologies is reinvesting efficiently in a way that it sees respectable amount growth in its earnings and pays a dividend that's well covered.

Moreover, Mold-Tek Technologies is determined to keep sharing its profits with shareholders which we infer from its long history of paying a dividend for at least ten years.

Summary

In total, we are pretty happy with Mold-Tek Technologies' performance. Particularly, we like that the company is reinvesting heavily into its business, and at a high rate of return. Unsurprisingly, this has led to an impressive earnings growth. If the company continues to grow its earnings the way it has, that could have a positive impact on its share price given how earnings per share influence long-term share prices. Remember, the price of a stock is also dependent on the perceived risk. Therefore investors must keep themselves informed about the risks involved before investing in any company. To know the 3 risks we have identified for Mold-Tek Technologies visit our risks dashboard for free.

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