Yahoo Finance Is Somero Enterprises, Inc.'s(LON:SOM) Recent Stock Performance Tethered To Its Strong Fundamentals?
Somero Enterprises' (LON:SOM) stock is up by a considerable 17% over the past three months. Since the market usually pay for a company’s long-term fundamentals, we decided to study the company’s key performance indicators to see if they could be influencing the market. In this article, we decided to focus on Somero Enterprises' 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. In simpler terms, it measures the profitability of a company in relation to shareholder's equity.
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How Is ROE Calculated?
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 Somero Enterprises is:
49% = US$31m ÷ US$65m (Based on the trailing twelve months to June 2021).
The 'return' is the profit over the last twelve months. That means that for every £1 worth of shareholders' equity, the company generated £0.49 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.
Somero Enterprises' Earnings Growth And 49% ROE
To begin with, Somero Enterprises has a pretty high ROE which is interesting. Second, a comparison with the average ROE reported by the industry of 11% also doesn't go unnoticed by us. This probably laid the groundwork for Somero Enterprises' moderate 10% net income growth seen over the past five years.
Next, on comparing Somero Enterprises' net income growth with the industry, we found that the company's reported growth is similar to the industry average growth rate of 9.1% in the same period.
Earnings growth is an important metric to consider when valuing a stock. 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. Has the market priced in the future outlook for SOM? You can find out in our latest intrinsic value infographic research report.
Is Somero Enterprises Efficiently Re-investing Its Profits?
The high three-year median payout ratio of 51% (or a retention ratio of 49%) for Somero Enterprises suggests that the company's growth wasn't really hampered despite it returning most of its income to its shareholders.
Additionally, Somero Enterprises has paid dividends over a period of nine years which means that the company is pretty serious about sharing its profits with shareholders. Upon studying the latest analysts' consensus data, we found that the company is expected to keep paying out approximately 56% of its profits over the next three years.
Conclusion
Overall, we are quite pleased with Somero Enterprises' performance. We are particularly impressed by the considerable earnings growth posted by the company, which was likely backed by its high ROE. While the company is paying out most of its earnings as dividends, it has been able to grow its earnings in spite of it, so that's probably a good sign. With that said, the latest industry analyst forecasts reveal that the company's earnings growth is expected to slow down. To know more about the latest analysts predictions for the company, check out this visualization of analyst forecasts for the company.
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