Ligitek Electronics Co., Ltd.'s (GTSM:8111) Stock Has Seen Strong Momentum: Does That Call For Deeper Study Of Its Financial Prospects?

Ligitek Electronics (GTSM:8111) has had a great run on the share market with its stock up by a significant 17% over the last three months. As most would know, fundamentals are what usually guide market price movements over the long-term, so we decided to look at the company's key financial indicators today to determine if they have any role to play in the recent price movement. Particularly, we will be paying attention to Ligitek Electronics' ROE today.

Return on equity or ROE is a key measure used to assess how efficiently a company's management is utilizing the company's capital. In simpler terms, it measures the profitability of a company in relation to shareholder's equity.

See our latest analysis for Ligitek Electronics

How Do You Calculate Return On Equity?

Return on equity can be calculated by using the formula:

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

So, based on the above formula, the ROE for Ligitek Electronics is:

8.3% = NT$102m ÷ NT$1.2b (Based on the trailing twelve months to September 2020).

The 'return' is the yearly profit. One way to conceptualize this is that for each NT$1 of shareholders' capital it has, the company made NT$0.08 in profit.

Why Is ROE Important For Earnings Growth?

We have already established that ROE serves as an efficient profit-generating gauge for a company's future earnings. Depending on how much of these profits the company reinvests or "retains", and how effectively it does so, we are then able to assess a company’s earnings growth potential. 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 Ligitek Electronics' Earnings Growth And 8.3% ROE

On the face of it, Ligitek Electronics' ROE is not much to talk about. Next, when compared to the average industry ROE of 11%, the company's ROE leaves us feeling even less enthusiastic. In spite of this, Ligitek Electronics was able to grow its net income considerably, at a rate of 48% in the last five years. So, there might be other aspects that are positively influencing the company's earnings growth. For example, it is possible that the company's management has made some good strategic decisions, or that the company has a low payout ratio.

We then compared Ligitek Electronics' net income growth with the industry and we're pleased to see that the company's growth figure is higher when compared with the industry which has a growth rate of 8.9% in the same period.

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. If you're wondering about Ligitek Electronics''s valuation, check out this gauge of its price-to-earnings ratio, as compared to its industry.

Is Ligitek Electronics Efficiently Re-investing Its Profits?

The high three-year median payout ratio of 73% (implying that it keeps only 27% of profits) for Ligitek Electronics suggests that the company's growth wasn't really hampered despite it returning most of the earnings to its shareholders.

While Ligitek Electronics has been growing its earnings, it only recently started to pay dividends which likely means that the company decided to impress new and existing shareholders with a dividend.

Summary

On the whole, we do feel that Ligitek Electronics has some positive attributes. That is, quite an impressive growth in earnings. However, the low profit retention means that the company's earnings growth could have been higher, had it been reinvesting a higher portion of its profits. Up till now, we've only made a short study of the company's growth data. You can do your own research on Ligitek Electronics and see how it has performed in the past by looking at this FREE detailed graph of past earnings, revenue and cash flows.

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