VITZROCELLLtd (KOSDAQ:082920) Posted Healthy Earnings But There Are Some Other Factors To Be Aware Of

VITZROCELL Co.,Ltd. (KOSDAQ:082920) announced strong profits, but the stock was stagnant. Our analysis suggests that shareholders have noticed something concerning in the numbers.

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One essential aspect of assessing earnings quality is to look at how much a company is diluting shareholders. VITZROCELLLtd expanded the number of shares on issue by 5.6% over the last year. As a result, its net income is now split between 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. Check out VITZROCELLLtd's historical EPS growth by clicking on this link.

How Is Dilution Impacting VITZROCELLLtd's Earnings Per Share (EPS)?

As you can see above, VITZROCELLLtd has been growing its net income over the last few years, with an annualized gain of 155% over three years. And at a glance the 56% gain in profit over the last year impresses. On the other hand, earnings per share are only up 53% in that time. Therefore, the dilution is having a noteworthy influence on shareholder returns.

In the long term, earnings per share growth should beget share price growth. So it will certainly be a positive for shareholders if VITZROCELLLtd can grow EPS persistently. However, if its profit increases while its earnings per share stay flat (or even fall) then shareholders might not see much benefit. 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.

That might leave you wondering what analysts are forecasting in terms of future profitability. Luckily, you can click here to see an interactive graph depicting future profitability, based on their estimates.

Our Take On VITZROCELLLtd's Profit Performance

Each VITZROCELLLtd 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 VITZROCELLLtd's statutory profits are better than its underlying earnings power. But on the bright side, its earnings per share have grown at an extremely impressive rate over the last three years. 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. In light of this, if you'd like to do more analysis on the company, it's vital to be informed of the risks involved. You'd be interested to know, that we found 2 warning signs for VITZROCELLLtd and you'll want to know about them.

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