【wizard101 tzolk'in stone】Are Countryside Properties PLC's (LON:CSP) Mixed Financials Driving The Negative Sentiment?
It is wizard101 tzolk'in stonehard to get excited after looking at Countryside Properties' (LON:CSP) recent performance, when its stock has declined 9.5% over the past three months. It seems that the market might have completely ignored the positive aspects of the company's fundamentals and decided to weigh-in more on the negative aspects. Long-term fundamentals are usually what drive market outcomes, so it's worth paying close attention. In this article, we decided to focus on
Countryside Properties'
ROE.
Return on equity or ROE is an important factor to be considered by a shareholder because it tells them how effectively their capital is being reinvested. Simply put, it is used to assess the profitability of a company in relation to its equity capital.
Check out our latest analysis for Countryside Properties
How Is ROE Calculated?
The
formula for return on equity
is:
Return on Equity = Net Profit (from continuing operations) ÷ Shareholders' Equity
So, based on the above formula, the ROE for Countryside Properties is:
6.5% = UK£72m ÷ UK£1.1b (Based on the trailing twelve months to September 2021).
The 'return' refers to a company's earnings over the last year. So, this means that for every £1 of its shareholder's investments, the company generates a profit of £0.07.
What Has ROE Got To Do With Earnings Growth?
Thus far, we have learned that ROE measures how efficiently a company is generating its profits. Depending on how much of these profits the company reinvests or "retains", and how effectively it does so, we are then able to assess a company’s earnings growth potential. 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.
A Side By Side comparison of Countryside Properties' Earnings Growth And 6.5% ROE
On the face of it, Countryside Properties' ROE is not much to talk about. We then compared the company's ROE to the broader industry and were disappointed to see that the ROE is lower than the industry average of 11%. Given the circumstances, the significant decline in net income by 15% seen by Countryside Properties over the last five years is not surprising. We reckon that there could also be other factors at play here. For instance, the company has a very high payout ratio, or is faced with competitive pressures.
As a next step, we compared Countryside Properties' performance with the industry and found thatCountryside Properties' performance is depressing even when compared with the industry, which has shrunk its earnings at a rate of 8.3% in the same period, which is a slower than the company.
Story continues
past-earnings-growth
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. Doing so will help them establish if the stock's future looks promising or ominous. Is Countryside Properties fairly valued compared to other companies? These
3 valuation measures
might help you decide.
Is Countryside Properties Using Its Retained Earnings Effectively?
While the company did payout a portion of its dividend in the past, it currently doesn't pay a dividend. This implies that potentially all of its profits are being reinvested in the business.
Conclusion
On the whole, we feel that the performance shown by Countryside Properties can be open to many interpretations. While the company does have a high rate of profit retention, its low rate of return is probably hampering its earnings growth. That being so, the latest industry analyst forecasts show that the analysts are expecting to see a huge improvement in the company's earnings growth rate. To know more about the company's future earnings growth forecasts take a look at this
free
report on analyst forecasts for the company to find out more.
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