Is Zero One Technology Co., Ltd.'s (TWSE:3029) Recent Stock Performance Tethered To Its Strong Fundamentals?

Most readers would already be aware that Zero One Technology's (TWSE:3029) stock increased significantly by 45% 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 Zero One Technology's ROE in this article.

Return on equity or ROE is an important factor to be considered by a shareholder because it tells them how effectively their capital is being reinvested. In short, ROE shows the profit each dollar generates with respect to its shareholder investments.

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How Is ROE Calculated?

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 Zero One Technology is:

14% = NT$889m ÷ NT$6.6b (Based on the trailing twelve months to September 2024).

The 'return' is the income the business earned over the last year. One way to conceptualize this is that for each NT$1 of shareholders' capital it has, the company made NT$0.14 in profit.

Why Is ROE Important For Earnings Growth?

So far, we've learned that ROE is a measure of a company's profitability. 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 everything else remains unchanged, the higher the ROE and profit retention, the higher the growth rate of a company compared to companies that don't necessarily bear these characteristics.

Zero One Technology's Earnings Growth And 14% ROE

At first glance, Zero One Technology seems to have a decent ROE. Especially when compared to the industry average of 9.0% the company's ROE looks pretty impressive. This certainly adds some context to Zero One Technology's decent 16% net income growth seen over the past five years.

As a next step, we compared Zero One Technology'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 10%.

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. Is Zero One Technology fairly valued compared to other companies? These 3 valuation measures might help you decide.

Is Zero One Technology Using Its Retained Earnings Effectively?

Zero One Technology has a significant three-year median payout ratio of 85%, meaning that it is left with only 15% 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.

Besides, Zero One Technology has been paying dividends for at least ten years or more. This shows that the company is committed to sharing profits with its shareholders.

Summary

Overall, we are quite pleased with Zero One Technology's performance. Especially the high ROE, Which has contributed to the impressive growth seen in earnings. Despite the company reinvesting only a small portion of its profits, it still has managed to grow its earnings so that is appreciable. Up till now, we've only made a short study of the company's growth data. To gain further insights into Zero One Technology's past profit growth, check out this visualization of past earnings, revenue and cash flows.

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