Fuzetec Technology Co., Ltd.'s (GTSM:6642) Stock's On An Uptrend: Are Strong Financials Guiding The Market?

Fuzetec Technology's (GTSM:6642) stock is up by a considerable 23% 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. Specifically, we decided to study Fuzetec Technology's ROE in this article.

Return on Equity or ROE is a test of how effectively a company is growing its value and managing investors’ money. Simply put, it is used to assess the profitability of a company in relation to its equity capital.

Check out our latest analysis for Fuzetec Technology

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 Fuzetec Technology is:

13% = NT$69m ÷ NT$531m (Based on the trailing twelve months to September 2020).

The 'return' is the yearly profit. Another way to think of that is that for every NT$1 worth of equity, the company was able to earn NT$0.13 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. 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. Assuming all else is equal, companies that have both a higher return on equity and higher profit retention are usually the ones that have a higher growth rate when compared to companies that don't have the same features.

Fuzetec Technology's Earnings Growth And 13% ROE

To start with, Fuzetec Technology's ROE looks acceptable. Further, the company's ROE compares quite favorably to the industry average of 9.9%. Probably as a result of this, Fuzetec Technology was able to see a decent growth of 9.0% over the last five years.

As a next step, we compared Fuzetec Technology's net income growth with the industry and found that the company has a similar growth figure when compared with the industry average growth rate of 9.2% in the same period.

Earnings growth is an important metric to consider when valuing a stock. It’s important for an investor to know whether the market has priced in the company's expected earnings growth (or decline). By doing so, they will have an idea if the stock is headed into clear blue waters or if swampy waters await. If you're wondering about Fuzetec Technology's's valuation, check out this gauge of its price-to-earnings ratio, as compared to its industry.

Is Fuzetec Technology Efficiently Re-investing Its Profits?

Fuzetec Technology has a significant three-year median payout ratio of 75%, meaning that it is left with only 25% to reinvest into its business. This implies that the company has been able to achieve decent earnings growth despite returning most of its profits to shareholders.

Moreover, Fuzetec Technology is determined to keep sharing its profits with shareholders which we infer from its long history of three years of paying a dividend.

Conclusion

In total, we are pretty happy with Fuzetec Technology'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 Fuzetec Technology's past earnings, as well as revenue and cash flows to get a deeper insight into the company's performance.

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