Nivika Fastigheter (STO:NIVI B) Posted Healthy Earnings But There Are Some Other Factors To Be Aware Of

Despite posting some strong earnings, the market for Nivika Fastigheter AB (publ)'s (STO:NIVI B) stock hasn't moved much. Our analysis suggests that this might be because shareholders have noticed some concerning underlying factors.

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The Impact Of Unusual Items On Profit

For anyone who wants to understand Nivika Fastigheter's profit beyond the statutory numbers, it's important to note that during the last twelve months statutory profit gained from kr60m worth of unusual items. While we like to see profit increases, we tend to be a little more cautious when unusual items have made a big contribution. When we analysed the vast majority of listed companies worldwide, we found that significant unusual items are often not repeated. And, after all, that's exactly what the accounting terminology implies. Assuming those unusual items don't show up again in the current year, we'd thus expect profit to be weaker next year (in the absence of business growth, that is).

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 Nivika Fastigheter's Profit Performance

We'd posit that Nivika Fastigheter's statutory earnings aren't a clean read on ongoing productivity, due to the large unusual item. Therefore, it seems possible to us that Nivika Fastigheter's true underlying earnings power is actually less than its statutory profit. The good news is that, its earnings per share increased by 61% in the last year. 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 if you'd like to dive deeper into this stock, it's crucial to consider any risks it's facing. For example, Nivika Fastigheter has 2 warning signs (and 1 which doesn't sit too well with us) we think you should know about.

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