Jiangsu Sunshine (SHSE:600220) has had a rough week with its share price down 6.5%. It is possible that the markets have ignored the company's differing financials and decided to lean-in to the negative sentiment. Long-term fundamentals are usually what drive market outcomes, so it's worth paying close attention. In this article, we decided to focus on Jiangsu Sunshine's ROE.
ROE or return on equity is a useful tool to assess how effectively a company can generate returns on the investment it received from its shareholders. Simply put, it is used to assess the profitability of a company in relation to its equity capital.
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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 Jiangsu Sunshine is:
6.2% = CN¥149m ÷ CN¥2.4b (Based on the trailing twelve months to September 2022).
The 'return' is the income the business earned over the last year. So, this means that for every CN¥1 of its shareholder's investments, the company generates a profit of CN¥0.06.
What Is The Relationship Between ROE And Earnings Growth?
Thus far, we have learned that ROE measures how efficiently a company is generating its profits. 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 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.
Jiangsu Sunshine's Earnings Growth And 6.2% ROE
When you first look at it, Jiangsu Sunshine's ROE doesn't look that attractive. However, its ROE is similar to the industry average of 7.4%, so we won't completely dismiss the company. Having said that, Jiangsu Sunshine's five year net income decline rate was 3.1%. Bear in mind, the company does have a slightly low ROE. Hence, this goes some way in explaining the shrinking earnings.
However, when we compared Jiangsu Sunshine's growth with the industry we found that while the company's earnings have been shrinking, the industry has seen an earnings growth of 2.5% in the same period. This is quite worrisome.
SHSE:600220 Past Earnings Growth December 16th 2022
Earnings growth is a huge factor in stock valuation. What investors need to determine next is if the expected earnings growth, or the lack of it, is already built into the share price. This then helps them determine if the stock is placed for a bright or bleak future. 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 Jiangsu Sunshine is trading on a high P/E or a low P/E, relative to its industry.
Is Jiangsu Sunshine Efficiently Re-investing Its Profits?
Looking at its three-year median payout ratio of 31% (or a retention ratio of 69%) which is pretty normal, Jiangsu Sunshine's declining earnings is rather baffling as one would expect to see a fair bit of growth when a company is retaining a good portion of its profits. It looks like there might be some other reasons to explain the lack in that respect. For example, the business could be in decline.
Additionally, Jiangsu Sunshine has paid dividends over a period of three years, which means that the company's management is rather focused on keeping up its dividend payments, regardless of the shrinking earnings.
Conclusion
Overall, we have mixed feelings about Jiangsu Sunshine. Even though it appears to be retaining most of its profits, given the low ROE, investors may not be benefitting from all that reinvestment after all. The low earnings growth suggests our theory correct. Wrapping up, we would proceed with caution with this company and one way of doing that would be to look at the risk profile of the business. You can see the 4 risks we have identified for Jiangsu Sunshine by visiting our risks dashboard for free on our platform here.
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江苏阳光(上海证券交易所代码:600220)经历了艰难的一周,其股价下跌了6.5%。市场可能忽视了该公司不同的财务状况,决定听从负面情绪。长期基本面通常是推动市场结果的因素,因此值得密切关注。在这篇文章中,我们决定重点关注江苏阳光的投资回报率。
投资回报率或股本回报率是评估公司如何有效地从股东那里获得投资回报的有用工具。简而言之,它用于评估公司相对于其股权资本的盈利能力。
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投资回报率是如何计算的?
这个 投资回报率公式 是:
股本回报率 = 净利润(来自持续经营)≥ 股东权益
因此,根据以上公式,江苏阳光的投资回报率为:
6.2% = 1.49亿人民币 ÷ 24亿元人民币(基于截至2022年9月的过去十二个月)。
“回报” 是企业在过去一年中获得的收入。因此,这意味着公司每投资1元人民币,公司就会产生0.06元人民币的利润。
投资回报率与收益增长之间有什么关系?
到目前为止,我们已经了解到,投资回报率衡量的是公司创造利润的效率。现在,我们需要评估公司再投资或 “保留” 了多少利润以用于未来的增长,从而使我们对公司的增长潜力有所了解。假设其他一切保持不变,那么与不一定具有这些特征的公司相比,投资回报率和利润保留率越高,公司的增长率就越高。
江苏阳光的收益增长和6.2%的投资回报率
当你第一次看的时候,江苏阳光的投资回报率看起来并不那么吸引人。但是,其投资回报率与行业平均水平7.4%相似,因此我们不会完全解雇该公司。话虽如此,江苏阳光五年净收入下降率为3.1%。请记住,该公司的投资回报率确实略低。因此,这在某种程度上解释了收益萎缩的原因。
但是,当我们将江苏阳光的增长与该行业进行比较时,我们发现,尽管该公司的收益一直在萎缩,但同期该行业的收益增长了2.5%。这很令人担忧。
SHSE: 600220 2022 年 12 月 16 日过去的收益增长
收益增长是股票估值的重要因素。投资者接下来需要确定的是,预期的收益增长或缺乏收益增长是否已经包含在股价中。然后,这可以帮助他们确定股票是为光明的还是暗淡的未来准备的。预期收益增长的一个很好的指标是市盈率,市盈率根据收益前景决定了市场愿意为股票支付的价格。因此,你可能需要查看相对于其行业而言,江苏阳光的市盈率是高还是低。
江苏阳光是否有效地将其利润再投资?
从其三年中位数的31%(或留存率为69%)来看,这很正常,江苏阳光的收益下降相当令人困惑,因为当一家公司保留了大部分利润时,人们会期望看到相当大的增长。看来可能还有其他原因可以解释这方面的不足。例如,业务可能处于衰退状态。
此外,江苏阳光在三年内支付了股息,这意味着无论收益如何萎缩,该公司的管理层都将重点放在维持股息支付上。
结论
总的来说,我们对江苏阳光有喜忧参半的感觉。尽管它似乎保留了大部分利润,但鉴于投资回报率较低,投资者毕竟可能无法从所有这些再投资中受益。低收益增长表明我们的理论是正确的。总而言之,我们将谨慎对待这家公司,而做到这一点的一种方法是研究该业务的风险状况。您可以访问我们的网站,查看我们为江苏阳光确定的 4 种风险 风险仪表板 在我们的平台上免费使用。
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