Yahoo Finance Grindrod Shipping Holdings Ltd.'s (NASDAQ:GRIN) Stock Is Going Strong: Is the Market Following Fundamentals?
Grindrod Shipping Holdings' (NASDAQ:GRIN) stock is up by a considerable 5.8% over the past month. Given the company's impressive performance, we decided to study its financial indicators more closely as a company's financial health over the long-term usually dictates market outcomes. Specifically, we decided to study Grindrod Shipping Holdings' ROE in this article.
Return on equity or ROE is a key measure used to assess how efficiently a company's management is utilizing the company's capital. In simpler terms, it measures the profitability of a company in relation to shareholder's equity.
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How To Calculate Return On Equity?
ROE 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 Grindrod Shipping Holdings is:
22% = US$63m ÷ US$289m (Based on the trailing twelve months to September 2021).
The 'return' refers to a company's earnings over the last year. That means that for every $1 worth of shareholders' equity, the company generated $0.22 in profit.
What Has ROE Got To Do With Earnings Growth?
So far, we've learned that ROE is a measure of a company's profitability. 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 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.
A Side By Side comparison of Grindrod Shipping Holdings' Earnings Growth And 22% ROE
At first glance, Grindrod Shipping Holdings seems to have a decent ROE. And on comparing with the industry, we found that the the average industry ROE is similar at 19%. This probably goes some way in explaining Grindrod Shipping Holdings' significant 34% net income growth over the past five years amongst other factors. We reckon that there could also 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 performed a comparison between Grindrod Shipping Holdings' net income growth with the industry, which revealed that the company's growth is similar to the average industry growth of 34% in the same period.
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). Doing so will help them establish if the stock's future looks promising or ominous. If you're wondering about Grindrod Shipping Holdings''s valuation, check out this gauge of its price-to-earnings ratio, as compared to its industry.
Is Grindrod Shipping Holdings Efficiently Re-investing Its Profits?
The three-year median payout ratio for Grindrod Shipping Holdings is 26%, which is moderately low. The company is retaining the remaining 74%. So it seems that Grindrod Shipping Holdings is reinvesting efficiently in a way that it sees impressive growth in its earnings (discussed above) and pays a dividend that's well covered.
Summary
On the whole, we feel that Grindrod Shipping Holdings' performance has been quite good. In particular, it's great to see that the company is investing heavily into its business and along with a high rate of return, that has resulted in a sizeable growth in its earnings. On studying current analyst estimates, we found that analysts expect the company to continue its recent growth streak. 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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