Is Alphamin Resources Corp.'s (CVE:AFM) Stock's Recent Performance Being Led By Its Attractive Financial Prospects?

Alphamin Resources (CVE:AFM) has had a great run on the share market with its stock up by a significant 20% over the last month. Given that the market rewards strong financials in the long-term, we wonder if that is the case in this instance. In this article, we decided to focus on Alphamin Resources' ROE.

Return on Equity or ROE is a test of how effectively a company is growing its value and managing investors’ money. Simply put, it is used to assess the profitability of a company in relation to its equity capital.

See our latest analysis for Alphamin Resources

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 Alphamin Resources is:

37% = US$133m ÷ US$359m (Based on the trailing twelve months to September 2022).

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.

What Is The Relationship Between ROE And 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. 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.

Alphamin Resources' Earnings Growth And 37% ROE

To begin with, Alphamin Resources has a pretty high ROE which is interesting. Additionally, the company's ROE is higher compared to the industry average of 11% which is quite remarkable. Under the circumstances, Alphamin Resources' considerable five year net income growth of 85% was to be expected.

Next, on comparing with the industry net income growth, we found that Alphamin Resources' growth is quite high when compared to the industry average growth of 29% in the same period, which is great to see.

past-earnings-growth

Earnings growth is an important metric to consider when valuing a stock. 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. If you're wondering about Alphamin Resources''s valuation, check out this gauge of its price-to-earnings ratio, as compared to its industry.

Is Alphamin Resources Making Efficient Use Of Its Profits?

Alphamin Resources' significant three-year median payout ratio of 56% (where it is retaining only 44% of its income) suggests that the company has been able to achieve a high growth in earnings despite returning most of its income to shareholders.

While Alphamin Resources has seen growth in its earnings, it only recently started to pay a dividend. It is most likely that the company decided to impress new and existing shareholders with a dividend.

Summary

On the whole, we feel that Alphamin Resources' performance has been quite good. Especially the high ROE, Which has contributed to the impressive growth seen in earnings. Despite the company reinvesting only a small portion of its profits, it still has managed to grow its earnings so that is appreciable. So far, we've only made a quick discussion around the company's earnings growth. So it may be worth checking this free detailed graph of Alphamin Resources' past earnings, as well as revenue and cash flows to get a deeper insight into the company's performance.

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