Yahoo Finance Are Robust Financials Driving The Recent Rally In LGI Homes, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:LGIH) Stock?
Most readers would already be aware that LGI Homes' (NASDAQ:LGIH) stock increased significantly by 52% 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. Specifically, we decided to study LGI Homes' ROE in this article.
Return on Equity or ROE is a test of how effectively a company is growing its value and managing investors’ money. In simpler terms, it measures the profitability of a company in relation to shareholder's equity.
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How To Calculate Return On Equity?
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 LGI Homes is:
28% = US$324m ÷ US$1.1b (Based on the trailing twelve months to December 2020).
The 'return' is the profit over the last twelve months. Another way to think of that is that for every $1 worth of equity, the company was able to earn $0.28 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. 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. Generally speaking, other things being equal, firms with a high return on equity and profit retention, have a higher growth rate than firms that don’t share these attributes.
LGI Homes' Earnings Growth And 28% ROE
Firstly, we acknowledge that LGI Homes has a significantly high ROE. Second, a comparison with the average ROE reported by the industry of 18% also doesn't go unnoticed by us. As a result, LGI Homes' exceptional 31% net income growth seen over the past five years, doesn't come as a surprise.
Next, on comparing with the industry net income growth, we found that LGI Homes' growth is quite high when compared to the industry average growth of 19% in the same period, which is great to see.
The basis for attaching value to a company is, to a great extent, tied to its earnings growth. 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. What is LGIH worth today? The intrinsic value infographic in our free research report helps visualize whether LGIH is currently mispriced by the market.
Is LGI Homes Efficiently Re-investing Its Profits?
Summary
On the whole, we feel that LGI Homes' performance has been quite good. 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. With that said, the latest industry analyst forecasts reveal that the company's earnings growth is expected to slow down. 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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