Yahoo Finance Is Franklin Electric Co., Inc.'s (NASDAQ:FELE) Stock's Recent Performance A Reflection Of Its Financial Health?
Most readers would already know that Franklin Electric's (NASDAQ:FELE) stock increased by 3.6% over the past three months. Since the market usually pay for a company’s long-term financial health, we decided to study the company’s fundamentals to see if they could be influencing the market. In this article, we decided to focus on Franklin Electric's 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. In short, ROE shows the profit each dollar generates with respect to its shareholder investments.
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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 Franklin Electric is:
15% = US$133m ÷ US$904m (Based on the trailing twelve months to June 2021).
The 'return' is the income the business earned over the last year. One way to conceptualize this is that for each $1 of shareholders' capital it has, the company made $0.15 in profit.
What Is The Relationship Between ROE And 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.
Franklin Electric's Earnings Growth And 15% ROE
At first glance, Franklin Electric seems to have a decent ROE. Especially when compared to the industry average of 12% the company's ROE looks pretty impressive. This probably laid the ground for Franklin Electric's moderate 8.2% net income growth seen over the past five years.
Next, on comparing Franklin Electric's net income growth with the industry, we found that the company's reported growth is similar to the industry average growth rate of 8.1% in the same period.
Earnings growth is an important metric to consider when valuing a stock. 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. Is Franklin Electric fairly valued compared to other companies? These 3 valuation measures might help you decide.
Is Franklin Electric Efficiently Re-investing Its Profits?
With a three-year median payout ratio of 26% (implying that the company retains 74% of its profits), it seems that Franklin Electric is reinvesting efficiently in a way that it sees respectable amount growth in its earnings and pays a dividend that's well covered.
Additionally, Franklin Electric has paid dividends over a period of at least ten years which means that the company is pretty serious about sharing its profits with shareholders. Our latest analyst data shows that the future payout ratio of the company is expected to drop to 19% over the next three years.
Conclusion
In total, we are pretty happy with Franklin Electric's performance. In particular, it's great to see that the company is investing heavily into its business and along with a high rate of return, that has resulted in a sizeable 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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