Yahoo Finance Declining Stock and Solid Fundamentals: Is The Market Wrong About WestBond Enterprises Corporation (CVE:WBE)?
With its stock down 22% over the past three months, it is easy to disregard WestBond Enterprises (CVE:WBE). But if you pay close attention, you might gather that its strong financials could mean that the stock could potentially see an increase in value in the long-term, given how markets usually reward companies with good financial health. In this article, we decided to focus on WestBond Enterprises' 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. In simpler terms, it measures the profitability of a company in relation to shareholder's equity.
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How Do You Calculate Return On Equity?
ROE 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 WestBond Enterprises is:
37% = CA$2.7m ÷ CA$7.3m (Based on the trailing twelve months to June 2021).
The 'return' is the amount earned after tax over the last twelve months. That means that for every CA$1 worth of shareholders' equity, the company generated CA$0.37 in profit.
Why Is ROE Important For Earnings Growth?
We have already established that ROE serves as an efficient profit-generating gauge for a company's future earnings. 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.
WestBond Enterprises' Earnings Growth And 37% ROE
Firstly, we acknowledge that WestBond Enterprises has a significantly high ROE. Additionally, the company's ROE is higher compared to the industry average of 24% which is quite remarkable. As a result, WestBond Enterprises' exceptional 61% net income growth seen over the past five years, doesn't come as a surprise.
As a next step, we compared WestBond Enterprises' net income growth with the industry, and pleasingly, we found that the growth seen by the company is higher than the average industry growth of 9.0%.
Earnings growth is an important metric to consider when valuing a stock. It’s important for an investor to know whether the market has priced in the company's expected earnings growth (or decline). Doing so will help them establish if the stock's future looks promising or ominous. 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 WestBond Enterprises is trading on a high P/E or a low P/E, relative to its industry.
Is WestBond Enterprises Efficiently Re-investing Its Profits?
While the company did pay out a portion of its dividend in the past, it currently doesn't pay a dividend. This is likely what's driving the high earnings growth number discussed above.
Summary
Overall, we are quite pleased with WestBond Enterprises' performance. Specifically, we like that the company is reinvesting a huge chunk of its profits at a high rate of return. This of course has caused the company to see substantial growth in its earnings. Until now, we have only just grazed the surface of the company's past performance by looking at the company's fundamentals. So it may be worth checking this free detailed graph of WestBond Enterprises' past earnings, as well as revenue and cash flows to get a deeper insight into the company's performance.
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