Yahoo Finance Declining Stock and Solid Fundamentals: Is The Market Wrong About BP Plastics Holding Bhd (KLSE:BPPLAS)?
With its stock down 5.1% over the past three months, it is easy to disregard BP Plastics Holding Bhd (KLSE:BPPLAS). 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. Particularly, we will be paying attention to BP Plastics Holding Bhd's ROE today.
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. Put another way, it reveals the company's success at turning shareholder investments into profits.
Check out our latest analysis for BP Plastics Holding Bhd
How To 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 BP Plastics Holding Bhd is:
15% = RM37m ÷ RM247m (Based on the trailing twelve months to September 2022).
The 'return' is the yearly profit. So, this means that for every MYR1 of its shareholder's investments, the company generates a profit of MYR0.15.
What Is The Relationship Between ROE And 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. 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.
BP Plastics Holding Bhd's Earnings Growth And 15% ROE
To start with, BP Plastics Holding Bhd's ROE looks acceptable. Further, the company's ROE compares quite favorably to the industry average of 11%. Probably as a result of this, BP Plastics Holding Bhd was able to see an impressive net income growth of 24% over the last five years. We reckon that there could also be other factors at play here. For instance, the company has a low payout ratio or is being managed efficiently.
We then performed a comparison between BP Plastics Holding Bhd's net income growth with the industry, which revealed that the company's growth is similar to the average industry growth of 21% in the same period.
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). This then helps them determine if the stock is placed for a bright or bleak future. Is BPPLAS fairly valued? This infographic on the company's intrinsic value has everything you need to know.
Is BP Plastics Holding Bhd Making Efficient Use Of Its Profits?
The three-year median payout ratio for BP Plastics Holding Bhd is 45%, which is moderately low. The company is retaining the remaining 55%. So it seems that BP Plastics Holding Bhd is reinvesting efficiently in a way that it sees impressive growth in its earnings (discussed above) and pays a dividend that's well covered.
Moreover, BP Plastics Holding Bhd is determined to keep sharing its profits with shareholders which we infer from its long history of paying a dividend for at least ten years. Upon studying the latest analysts' consensus data, we found that the company's future payout ratio is expected to rise to 56% over the next three years. Regardless, the ROE is not expected to change much for the company despite the higher expected payout ratio.
Conclusion
Overall, we are quite pleased with BP Plastics Holding Bhd's 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. With that said, the latest industry analyst forecasts reveal that the company's earnings growth is expected to slow down. To know more about the latest analysts predictions for the company, check out this visualization of analyst forecasts for the company.
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