Yahoo Finance DuPont de Nemours, Inc.'s (NYSE:DD) Fundamentals Look Pretty Strong: Could The Market Be Wrong About The Stock?
With its stock down 4.7% over the past month, it is easy to disregard DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD). However, the company's fundamentals look pretty decent, and long-term financials are usually aligned with future market price movements. Particularly, we will be paying attention to DuPont de Nemours' 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. In short, ROE shows the profit each dollar generates with respect to its shareholder investments.
View our latest analysis for DuPont de Nemours
How Do You Calculate Return On Equity?
Return on equity can be calculated by using the formula:
Return on Equity = Net Profit (from continuing operations) ÷ Shareholders' Equity
So, based on the above formula, the ROE for DuPont de Nemours is:
3.9% = US$1.1b ÷ US$27b (Based on the trailing twelve months to December 2022).
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 $0.04 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. 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.
DuPont de Nemours' Earnings Growth And 3.9% ROE
It is quite clear that DuPont de Nemours' ROE is rather low. Even compared to the average industry ROE of 16%, the company's ROE is quite dismal. However, we we're pleasantly surprised to see that DuPont de Nemours grew its net income at a significant rate of 33% in the last five years. We reckon that there could be other factors at play here. For example, it is possible that the company's management has made some good strategic decisions, or that the company has a low payout ratio.
We then compared DuPont de Nemours' 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 13% in the same period.
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. This then helps them determine if the stock is placed for a bright or bleak future. If you're wondering about DuPont de Nemours''s valuation, check out this gauge of its price-to-earnings ratio, as compared to its industry.
Is DuPont de Nemours Making Efficient Use Of Its Profits?
The three-year median payout ratio for DuPont de Nemours is 39%, which is moderately low. The company is retaining the remaining 61%. So it seems that DuPont de Nemours 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, DuPont de Nemours 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. Our latest analyst data shows that the future payout ratio of the company over the next three years is expected to be approximately 35%. Regardless, the future ROE for DuPont de Nemours is predicted to rise to 7.9% despite there being not much change expected in its payout ratio.
Summary
Overall, we feel that DuPont de Nemours certainly does have some positive factors to consider. Even in spite of the low rate of return, the company has posted impressive earnings growth as a result of reinvesting heavily into its business. 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 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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