Vitzro Tech's (KOSDAQ:042370) Shareholders May Want To Dig Deeper Than Statutory Profit

Vitzro Tech Co. Ltd's (KOSDAQ:042370) robust recent earnings didn't do much to move the stock. We believe that shareholders have noticed some concerning factors beyond the statutory profit numbers.

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To understand the value of a company's earnings growth, it is imperative to consider any dilution of shareholders' interests. Vitzro Tech expanded the number of shares on issue by 8.6% over the last year. That means its earnings are split among a greater number of shares. To celebrate net income while ignoring dilution is like rejoicing because you have a single slice of a larger pizza, but ignoring the fact that the pizza is now cut into many more slices. You can see a chart of Vitzro Tech's EPS by clicking here.

A Look At The Impact Of Vitzro Tech's Dilution on Its Earnings Per Share (EPS).

As you can see above, Vitzro Tech has been growing its net income over the last few years, with an annualized gain of 208% over three years. While we did see a very small increase, net profit was basically flat over the last year. Earnings per share are pretty much flat, too over the last twelve months, but EPS growth came in below below net income growth. And so, you can see quite clearly that dilution is influencing shareholder earnings.

Changes in the share price do tend to reflect changes in earnings per share, in the long run. So Vitzro Tech shareholders will want to see that EPS figure continue to increase. But on the other hand, we'd be far less excited to learn profit (but not EPS) was improving. For that reason, you could say that EPS is more important that net income in the long run, assuming the goal is to assess whether a company's share price might grow.

Note: we always recommend investors check balance sheet strength. Click here to be taken to our balance sheet analysis of Vitzro Tech.

Our Take On Vitzro Tech's Profit Performance

Each Vitzro Tech share now gets a meaningfully smaller slice of its overall profit, due to dilution of existing shareholders. Because of this, we think that it may be that Vitzro Tech's statutory profits are better than its underlying earnings power. But the good news is that its EPS growth over the last three years has been very impressive. 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 Vitzro Tech at this point in time. While conducting our analysis, we found that Vitzro Tech has 2 warning signs and it would be unwise to ignore them.

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