Allmed Medical Products Co.,Ltd's (SZSE:002950) stock showed strength, with investors undeterred by its weak earnings report. We think that shareholders might be missing some concerning factors that our analysis found.

How Do Unusual Items Influence Profit?

Importantly, our data indicates that Allmed Medical ProductsLtd's profit received a boost of CN¥35m in unusual items, over the last year. We can't deny that higher profits generally leave us optimistic, but we'd prefer it if the profit were to be sustainable. When we crunched the numbers on thousands of publicly listed companies, we found that a boost from unusual items in a given year is often not repeated the next year. And that's as you'd expect, given these boosts are described as 'unusual'. If Allmed Medical ProductsLtd 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 Allmed Medical ProductsLtd's Profit Performance

We'd posit that Allmed Medical ProductsLtd's statutory earnings aren't a clean read on ongoing productivity, due to the large unusual item. Because of this, we think that it may be that Allmed Medical ProductsLtd's statutory profits are better than its underlying earnings power. Sadly, its EPS was down over the last twelve months. 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 while earnings quality is important, it's equally important to consider the risks facing Allmed Medical ProductsLtd at this point in time. When we did our research, we found 3 warning signs for Allmed Medical ProductsLtd (1 is concerning!) that we believe deserve your full attention.

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