Xinyi Solar Holdings (HKG:968) has had a rough three months with its share price down 30%. But if you pay close attention, you might gather that its strong financials could mean that the stock could potentially see an increase in value in the long-term, given how markets usually reward companies with good financial health. In this article, we decided to focus on Xinyi Solar Holdings' ROE.
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?
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 Xinyi Solar Holdings is:
12% = HK$4.4b ÷ HK$36b (Based on the trailing twelve months to June 2022).
The 'return' is the yearly profit. One way to conceptualize this is that for each HK$1 of shareholders' capital it has, the company made HK$0.12 in profit.
What Has ROE Got To Do With Earnings Growth?
Thus far, we have learned that ROE measures how efficiently a company is generating its profits. 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.
Xinyi Solar Holdings' Earnings Growth And 12% ROE
To begin with, Xinyi Solar Holdings seems to have a respectable ROE. Further, the company's ROE is similar to the industry average of 13%. This probably goes some way in explaining Xinyi Solar Holdings' significant 23% net income growth over the past five years amongst other factors. However, there could also be other drivers behind this growth. Such as - high earnings retention or an efficient management in place.
Next, on comparing with the industry net income growth, we found that Xinyi Solar Holdings' growth is quite high when compared to the industry average growth of 19% in the same period, which is great to see.
SEHK:968 Past Earnings Growth November 7th 2022
The basis for attaching value to a company is, to a great extent, tied to its earnings growth. What investors need to determine next is if the expected earnings growth, or the lack of it, is already built into the share price. By doing so, they will have an idea if the stock is headed into clear blue waters or if swampy waters await. Has the market priced in the future outlook for 968? You can find out in our latest intrinsic value infographic research report.
Is Xinyi Solar Holdings Making Efficient Use Of Its Profits?
Xinyi Solar Holdings has a three-year median payout ratio of 47% (where it is retaining 53% of its income) which is not too low or not too high. This suggests that its dividend is well covered, and given the high growth we discussed above, it looks like Xinyi Solar Holdings is reinvesting its earnings efficiently.
Besides, Xinyi Solar Holdings has been paying dividends over a period of nine years. This shows that the company is committed to sharing profits with its shareholders. Based on the latest analysts' estimates, we found that the company's future payout ratio over the next three years is expected to hold steady at 46%. Regardless, the future ROE for Xinyi Solar Holdings is predicted to rise to 15% despite there being not much change expected in its payout ratio.
Summary
In total, we are pretty happy with Xinyi Solar Holdings' performance. Specifically, we like that the company is reinvesting a huge chunk of its profits at a high rate of return. This of course has caused the company to see substantial growth in its earnings. That being so, the latest analyst forecasts show that the company will continue to see an expansion in its earnings. 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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信義光能控股(HKG:968)經歷了艱難的三個月,股價下跌了30%。但如果你仔細觀察,你可能會猜到,它強勁的財務狀況可能意味着,考慮到市場通常會獎勵財務狀況良好的公司,該股可能會在長期內增值。在本文中,我們決定將重點放在信義光能控股的淨資產收益率上。
股本回報率(ROE)是對一家公司增值和管理投資者資金的效率的測試。換句話説,這是一個衡量公司股東提供的資本回報率的盈利比率。
查看我們對信義光能控股的最新分析
你如何計算股本回報率?
股本回報率可使用以下公式計算:
股本回報率=(持續經營的)淨利潤?股東權益
因此,根據上述公式,信義光能控股的淨資產收益率為:
12%=44億港元×360億港元(根據截至2022年6月的過去12個月計算)。
“回報”就是年度利潤。一種將其概念化的方法是,公司每持有1港元的股東資本,就能獲得0.12港元的利潤。
淨資產收益率與盈利增長有什麼關係?
到目前為止,我們已經瞭解到淨資產收益率衡量的是一家公司創造利潤的效率。根據公司將這些利潤再投資或“保留”多少,以及這樣做的效率如何,我們就能夠評估一家公司的收益增長潛力。一般來説,在其他條件相同的情況下,股本回報率和利潤留存較高的公司比不具備這些特徵的公司有更高的增長率。
信義光能控股的盈利增長和12%的淨資產收益率
首先,信義光能控股似乎擁有令人尊敬的淨資產收益率。此外,該公司的淨資產收益率(ROE)接近13%的行業平均水平。這可能在一定程度上解釋了信義光能控股在過去五年中淨利潤大幅增長23%的原因以及其他因素。然而,這種增長的背後也可能有其他驅動因素。例如-高收益留存或有效的管理到位。
接下來,對比行業淨收入增速,我們發現信義光能控股的增速與同期行業平均19%的增速相比還是相當高的,可喜可賀。
聯交所:968過去盈利增長2022年11月7日
賦予一家公司價值的基礎在很大程度上與其盈利增長掛鈎。投資者下一步需要確定的是,預期的收益增長是否已經計入了股價。通過這樣做,他們將知道股票是將進入清澈的藍色水域,還是等待沼澤水域。968的未來前景在市場中體現出來了嗎?你可以在我們最新的內在價值信息圖研究報告中找到答案。
信義光能控股是否在有效利用其利潤?
信義光能控股的三年中值派息率為47%(該公司將保留53%的收入),這不是太低也不是太高。這表明其股息得到了很好的覆蓋,考慮到我們上面討論的高增長,信義光能控股似乎正在有效地對其收益進行再投資。
此外,信義光能控股九年來一直在分紅。這表明該公司致力於與股東分享利潤。根據最新的分析師預估,我們發現該公司未來三年的派息比率預計將穩定在46%。無論如何,信義光能控股的未來淨資產收益率預計將升至15%,儘管其派息率預計不會有太大變化。
摘要
總體而言,我們對信義光能控股的表現相當滿意。具體地説,我們喜歡該公司將一大筆利潤以高回報率進行再投資。當然,這導致該公司的收益出現了大幅增長。既然如此,最新的分析師預測顯示,該公司的收益將繼續增長。這些分析師的預期是基於對該行業的廣泛預期,還是基於該公司的基本面?點擊此處進入我們分析師對該公司的預測頁面。
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