Are Robust Financials Driving The Recent Rally In ELAN Microelectronics Corporation's (TPE:2458) Stock?

ELAN Microelectronics' (TPE:2458) stock is up by a considerable 24% over the past three months. Given that the market rewards strong financials in the long-term, we wonder if that is the case in this instance. Particularly, we will be paying attention to ELAN Microelectronics' ROE today.

Return on Equity or ROE is a test of how effectively a company is growing its value and managing investors’ money. In other words, it is a profitability ratio which measures the rate of return on the capital provided by the company's shareholders.

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How Do You Calculate Return On Equity?

ROE 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 ELAN Microelectronics is:

34% = NT$3.2b ÷ NT$9.3b (Based on the trailing twelve months to December 2020).

The 'return' refers to a company's earnings over the last year. That means that for every NT$1 worth of shareholders' equity, the company generated NT$0.34 in profit.

What Is The Relationship Between ROE And Earnings Growth?

We have already established that ROE serves as an efficient profit-generating gauge for a company's future earnings. We now need to evaluate how much profit the company reinvests or "retains" for future growth which then gives us an idea about the growth potential of the company. 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.

ELAN Microelectronics' Earnings Growth And 34% ROE

To begin with, ELAN Microelectronics has a pretty high ROE which is interesting. Additionally, the company's ROE is higher compared to the industry average of 11% which is quite remarkable. Under the circumstances, ELAN Microelectronics' considerable five year net income growth of 33% was to be expected.

We then compared ELAN Microelectronics' 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 10% in the same period.

Earnings growth is a huge factor in stock valuation. It’s important for an investor to know whether the market has priced in the company's expected earnings growth (or decline). Doing so will help them establish if the stock's future looks promising or ominous. Is ELAN Microelectronics fairly valued compared to other companies? These 3 valuation measures might help you decide.

Is ELAN Microelectronics Efficiently Re-investing Its Profits?

The high three-year median payout ratio of 89% (implying that it keeps only 11% of profits) for ELAN Microelectronics suggests that the company's growth wasn't really hampered despite it returning most of the earnings to its shareholders.

Besides, ELAN Microelectronics has been paying dividends for at least ten years or more. This shows that the company is committed to sharing profits with its shareholders. Upon studying the latest analysts' consensus data, we found that the company is expected to keep paying out approximately 82% of its profits over the next three years. Regardless, the future ROE for ELAN Microelectronics is predicted to rise to 41% despite there being not much change expected in its payout ratio.

Conclusion

Overall, we are quite pleased with ELAN Microelectronics' performance. We are particularly impressed by the considerable earnings growth posted by the company, which was likely backed by its high ROE. While the company is paying out most of its earnings as dividends, it has been able to grow its earnings in spite of it, so that's probably a good sign. With that said, the latest industry analyst forecasts reveal that the company's earnings growth is expected to slow down. Are these analysts expectations based on the broad expectations for the industry, or on the company's fundamentals? Click here to be taken to our analyst's forecasts page for the company.

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