Yahoo Finance Weak Financial Prospects Seem To Be Dragging Down Raytheon Technologies Corporation (NYSE:RTX) Stock
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE:RTX) has had a rough month with its share price down 6.3%. We decided to study the company's financials to determine if the downtrend will continue as the long-term performance of a company usually dictates market outcomes. Particularly, we will be paying attention to Raytheon Technologies' ROE today.
Return on equity or ROE is a key measure used to assess how efficiently a company's management is utilizing the company's capital. Simply put, it is used to assess the profitability of a company in relation to its equity capital.
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How Do You 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 Raytheon Technologies is:
7.6% = US$5.7b ÷ US$74b (Based on the trailing twelve months to March 2023).
The 'return' is the income the business earned over the last year. That means that for every $1 worth of shareholders' equity, the company generated $0.08 in profit.
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. 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.
Raytheon Technologies' Earnings Growth And 7.6% ROE
On the face of it, Raytheon Technologies' ROE is not much to talk about. Next, when compared to the average industry ROE of 13%, the company's ROE leaves us feeling even less enthusiastic. Hence, the flat earnings seen by Raytheon Technologies over the past five years could probably be the result of it having a lower ROE.
Next, on comparing with the industry net income growth, we found that Raytheon Technologies' reported growth was lower than the industry growth of 6.3% in the same period, which is not something we like to see.
Earnings growth is a huge factor in stock valuation. 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. Is RTX fairly valued? This infographic on the company's intrinsic value has everything you need to know.
Is Raytheon Technologies Efficiently Re-investing Its Profits?
The high three-year median payout ratio of 69% (meaning, the company retains only 31% of profits) for Raytheon Technologies suggests that the company's earnings growth was miniscule as a result of paying out a majority of its earnings.
Moreover, Raytheon Technologies has been paying dividends for at least ten years or more suggesting that management must have perceived that the shareholders prefer dividends over earnings growth. Upon studying the latest analysts' consensus data, we found that the company's future payout ratio is expected to drop to 41% over the next three years. Accordingly, the expected drop in the payout ratio explains the expected increase in the company's ROE to 12%, over the same period.
Summary
On the whole, Raytheon Technologies' performance is quite a big let-down. The company has seen a lack of earnings growth as a result of retaining very little profits and whatever little it does retain, is being reinvested at a very low rate of return. Having said that, looking at the current analyst estimates, we found that the company's earnings are expected to gain momentum. 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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