Zero One Technology Co.,Ltd.'s (TPE:3029) Stock Has Fared Decently: Is the Market Following Strong Financials?

Most readers would already know that Zero One TechnologyLtd's (TPE:3029) stock increased by 3.6% over the past three months. Since the market usually pay for a company’s long-term financial health, we decided to study the company’s fundamentals to see if they could be influencing the market. Specifically, we decided to study Zero One TechnologyLtd'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. In short, ROE shows the profit each dollar generates with respect to its shareholder investments.

See our latest analysis for Zero One TechnologyLtd

How Is ROE Calculated?

The formula for ROE is:

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

So, based on the above formula, the ROE for Zero One TechnologyLtd is:

18% = NT$462m ÷ NT$2.5b (Based on the trailing twelve months to September 2020).

The 'return' is the income the business earned over the last year. That means that for every NT$1 worth of shareholders' equity, the company generated NT$0.18 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. 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.

Zero One TechnologyLtd's Earnings Growth And 18% ROE

To begin with, Zero One TechnologyLtd seems to have a respectable ROE. Especially when compared to the industry average of 9.9% the company's ROE looks pretty impressive. This certainly adds some context to Zero One TechnologyLtd's decent 18% net income growth seen over the past five years.

As a next step, we compared Zero One TechnologyLtd'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 9.2%.

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 Zero One TechnologyLtd is trading on a high P/E or a low P/E, relative to its industry.

Is Zero One TechnologyLtd Using Its Retained Earnings Effectively?

The high three-year median payout ratio of 67% (or a retention ratio of 33%) for Zero One TechnologyLtd suggests that the company's growth wasn't really hampered despite it returning most of its income to its shareholders.

Moreover, Zero One TechnologyLtd is determined to keep sharing its profits with shareholders which we infer from its long history of paying a dividend for at least ten years.

Conclusion

In total, we are pretty happy with Zero One TechnologyLtd's 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. Until now, we have only just grazed the surface of the company's past performance by looking at the company's fundamentals. To gain further insights into Zero One TechnologyLtd's past profit growth, check out this visualization of past earnings, revenue and cash flows.

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