It is hard to get excited after looking at Rici Healthcare Holdings' (HKG:1526) recent performance, when its stock has declined 20% over the past week. However, stock prices are usually driven by a company's financial performance over the long term, which in this case looks quite promising. In this article, we decided to focus on Rici Healthcare Holdings' ROE.

Return on equity or ROE is a key measure used to assess how efficiently a company's management is utilizing the company's capital. Simply put, it is used to assess the profitability of a company in relation to its equity capital.

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How Do You Calculate Return On Equity?

The formula for ROE is:

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

So, based on the above formula, the ROE for Rici Healthcare Holdings is:

43% = CN¥444m ÷ CN¥1.0b (Based on the trailing twelve months to June 2023).

The 'return' is the yearly profit. That means that for every HK$1 worth of shareholders' equity, the company generated HK$0.43 in profit.

Why Is ROE Important For Earnings Growth?

So far, we've learned that ROE is a measure of a company's profitability. Based on how much of its profits the company chooses to reinvest or "retain", we are then able to evaluate a company's future ability to generate profits. 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.

Rici Healthcare Holdings' Earnings Growth And 43% ROE

Firstly, we acknowledge that Rici Healthcare Holdings has a significantly high ROE. Second, a comparison with the average ROE reported by the industry of 9.6% also doesn't go unnoticed by us. As a result, Rici Healthcare Holdings' exceptional 67% net income growth seen over the past five years, doesn't come as a surprise.

We then compared Rici Healthcare Holdings' 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 11% in the same 5-year period.

Earnings growth is a huge factor in stock valuation. 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 Rici Healthcare Holdings is trading on a high P/E or a low P/E, relative to its industry.

Is Rici Healthcare Holdings Making Efficient Use Of Its Profits?

Rici Healthcare Holdings doesn't pay any dividend currently which essentially means that it has been reinvesting all of its profits into the business. This definitely contributes to the high earnings growth number that we discussed above.

Summary

Overall, we are quite pleased with Rici Healthcare 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.

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