SolarEdge Technologies, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:SEDG) Stock Is Going Strong: Have Financials A Role To Play? – Yahoo Finance
SolarEdge Technologies (NASDAQ:SEDG) has had a great run on the share market with its stock up by a significant 30% over the last month. Given that stock prices are usually aligned with a company’s financial performance in the long-term, we decided to study its financial indicators more closely to see if they had a hand to play in the recent price move. In this article, we decided to focus on SolarEdge Technologies’ ROE.
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. Simply put, it is used to assess the profitability of a company in relation to its equity capital.
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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 SolarEdge Technologies is:
5.6% = US$114m ÷ US$2.1b (Based on the trailing twelve months to September 2022).
The ‘return’ is the yearly profit. That means that for every $1 worth of shareholders’ equity, the company generated $0.06 in profit.
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. 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.
At first glance, SolarEdge Technologies’ ROE doesn’t look very promising. We then compared the company’s ROE to the broader industry and were disappointed to see that the ROE is lower than the industry average of 19%. However, the moderate 8.7% net income growth seen by SolarEdge Technologies over the past five years is definitely a positive. So, the growth in the company’s earnings could probably have been caused by other variables. For instance, the company has a low payout ratio or is being managed efficiently.
Next, on comparing with the industry net income growth, we found that SolarEdge Technologies’ reported growth was lower than the industry growth of 27% in the same period, which is not something we like to see.
The basis for attaching value to a company is, to a great extent, tied to its earnings growth. It’s important for an investor to know whether the market has priced in the company’s expected earnings growth (or decline). By doing so, they will have an idea if the stock is headed into clear blue waters or if swampy waters await. One good indicator of expected earnings growth is the P/E ratio which determines the price the market is willing to pay for a stock based on its earnings prospects. So, you may want to check if SolarEdge Technologies is trading on a high P/E or a low P/E, relative to its industry.
SolarEdge Technologies doesn’t pay any dividend, meaning that all of its profits are being reinvested in the business, which explains the fair bit of earnings growth the company has seen.
On the whole, we do feel that SolarEdge Technologies has some positive attributes. Specifically, its fairly high earnings growth number, which no doubt was backed by the company’s high earnings retention. Still, the low ROE means that all that reinvestment is not reaping a lot of benefit to the investors. 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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