Yahoo Finance Mineral Resources Limited's (ASX:MIN) Stock's On An Uptrend: Are Strong Financials Guiding The Market?
Most readers would already be aware that Mineral Resources' (ASX:MIN) stock increased significantly by 49% 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 Mineral Resources' 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 other words, it is a profitability ratio which measures the rate of return on the capital provided by the company's shareholders.
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How Do You Calculate Return On Equity?
The formula for ROE is:
Return on Equity = Net Profit (from continuing operations) ÷ Shareholders' Equity
So, based on the above formula, the ROE for Mineral Resources is:
44% = AU$1.0b ÷ AU$2.3b (Based on the trailing twelve months to June 2020).
The 'return' refers to a company's earnings over the last year. Another way to think of that is that for every A$1 worth of equity, the company was able to earn A$0.44 in profit.
Why Is ROE Important For Earnings Growth?
Thus far, we have learned that ROE measures how efficiently a company is generating its profits. We now need to evaluate how much profit the company reinvests or "retains" for future growth which then gives us an idea about the growth potential of the company. Assuming everything else remains unchanged, the higher the ROE and profit retention, the higher the growth rate of a company compared to companies that don't necessarily bear these characteristics.
A Side By Side comparison of Mineral Resources' Earnings Growth And 44% ROE
First thing first, we like that Mineral Resources has an impressive ROE. Secondly, even when compared to the industry average of 11% the company's ROE is quite impressive. Under the circumstances, Mineral Resources' considerable five year net income growth of 60% was to be expected.
We then compared Mineral Resources' net income growth with the industry and we're pleased to see that the company's growth figure is higher when compared with the industry which has a growth rate of 36% in the same period.
Earnings growth is a huge factor in stock valuation. 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. 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 Mineral Resources is trading on a high P/E or a low P/E, relative to its industry.
Is Mineral Resources Efficiently Re-investing Its Profits?
Mineral Resources' three-year median payout ratio is a pretty moderate 48%, meaning the company retains 52% of its income. By the looks of it, the dividend is well covered and Mineral Resources is reinvesting its profits efficiently as evidenced by its exceptional growth which we discussed above.
Besides, Mineral Resources has been paying dividends for at least ten years or more. This shows that the company is committed to sharing profits with its shareholders. Our latest analyst data shows that the future payout ratio of the company over the next three years is expected to be approximately 51%. However, Mineral Resources' future ROE is expected to decline to 9.2% despite there being not much change anticipated in the company's payout ratio.
Summary
In total, we are pretty happy with Mineral Resources' 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. Having said that, on studying current analyst estimates, we were concerned to see that while the company has grown its earnings in the past, analysts expect its earnings to shrink in the future. 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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