Are Strong Financial Prospects The Force That Is Driving The Momentum In Techfast Holdings Berhad's KLSE:TECFAST) Stock?

Techfast Holdings Berhad's (KLSE:TECFAST) stock is up by a considerable 30% over the past three months. 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 Techfast Holdings Berhad's 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 simpler terms, it measures the profitability of a company in relation to shareholder's equity.

See our latest analysis for Techfast Holdings Berhad

How To 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 Techfast Holdings Berhad is:

13% = RM3.7m ÷ RM28m (Based on the trailing twelve months to March 2020).

The 'return' is the profit over the last twelve months. That means that for every MYR1 worth of shareholders' equity, the company generated MYR0.13 in profit.

What Has ROE Got To Do With Earnings Growth?

We have already established that ROE serves as an efficient profit-generating gauge for a company's future earnings. Based on how much of its profits the company chooses to reinvest or "retain", we are then able to evaluate a company's future ability to generate profits. 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.

A Side By Side comparison of Techfast Holdings Berhad's Earnings Growth And 13% ROE

At first glance, Techfast Holdings Berhad seems to have a decent ROE. On comparing with the average industry ROE of 9.1% the company's ROE looks pretty remarkable. Probably as a result of this, Techfast Holdings Berhad was able to see a decent growth of 17% over the last five years.

As a next step, we compared Techfast Holdings Berhad's 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 1.2%.

Earnings growth is an important metric to consider when valuing a stock. The investor should try to establish if the expected growth or decline in earnings, whichever the case may be, is priced in. Doing so will help them establish if the stock's future looks promising or ominous. One good indicator of expected earnings growth is the P/E ratio which determines the price the market is willing to pay for a stock based on its earnings prospects. So, you may want to check if Techfast Holdings Berhad is trading on a high P/E or a low P/E, relative to its industry.

Is Techfast Holdings Berhad Efficiently Re-investing Its Profits?

While Techfast Holdings Berhad has a three-year median payout ratio of 57% (which means it retains 43% of profits), the company has still seen a fair bit of earnings growth in the past, meaning that its high payout ratio hasn't hampered its ability to grow.

Conclusion

Overall, we are quite pleased with Techfast Holdings Berhad's performance. In particular, its high ROE is quite noteworthy and also the probable explanation behind its considerable earnings growth. Yet, the company is retaining a small portion of its profits. Which means that the company has been able to grow its earnings in spite of it, so that's not too bad. Until now, we have only just grazed the surface of the company's past performance by looking at the company's fundamentals. So it may be worth checking this free detailed graph of Techfast Holdings Berhad's past earnings, as well as revenue and cash flows to get a deeper insight into the company's performance.

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