Zhejiang Dongri Limited Company (SHSE:600113) announced strong profits, but the stock was stagnant. We did some digging, and we found some concerning factors in the details.

How Do Unusual Items Influence Profit?

To properly understand Zhejiang Dongri Limited's profit results, we need to consider the CN¥25m gain attributed to unusual items. While it's always nice to have higher profit, a large contribution from unusual items sometimes dampens our enthusiasm. When we analysed the vast majority of listed companies worldwide, we found that significant unusual items are often not repeated. And, after all, that's exactly what the accounting terminology implies. If Zhejiang Dongri Limited doesn't see that contribution repeat, then all else being equal we'd expect its profit to drop over the current year.

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Our Take On Zhejiang Dongri Limited's Profit Performance

We'd posit that Zhejiang Dongri Limited's statutory earnings aren't a clean read on ongoing productivity, due to the large unusual item. Therefore, it seems possible to us that Zhejiang Dongri Limited's true underlying earnings power is actually less than its statutory profit. But the good news is that its EPS growth over the last three years has been very impressive. The goal of this article has been to assess how well we can rely on the statutory earnings to reflect the company's potential, but there is plenty more to consider. So if you'd like to dive deeper into this stock, it's crucial to consider any risks it's facing. You'd be interested to know, that we found 1 warning sign for Zhejiang Dongri Limited and you'll want to know about this.

Today we've zoomed in on a single data point to better understand the nature of Zhejiang Dongri Limited's profit. But there is always more to discover if you are capable of focussing your mind on minutiae. Some people consider a high return on equity to be a good sign of a quality business. So you may wish to see this free collection of companies boasting high return on equity, or this list of stocks with high insider ownership.

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