Voicecomm Technology (HKG:2495) has had a great run on the share market with its stock up by a significant 20% over the last month. As most would know, fundamentals are what usually guide market price movements over the long-term, so we decided to look at the company's key financial indicators today to determine if they have any role to play in the recent price movement. In this article, we decided to focus on Voicecomm Technology's 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. In simpler terms, it measures the profitability of a company in relation to shareholder's 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 Voicecomm Technology is:
11% = CN¥181m ÷ CN¥1.7b (Based on the trailing twelve months to June 2025).
The 'return' is the profit over the last twelve months. So, this means that for every HK$1 of its shareholder's investments, the company generates a profit of HK$0.11.
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Thus far, we have learned that ROE measures how efficiently a company is generating its profits. Depending on how much of these profits the company reinvests or "retains", and how effectively it does so, we are then able to assess a company’s earnings growth potential. 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.
To begin with, Voicecomm Technology seems to have a respectable ROE. On comparing with the average industry ROE of 5.6% the company's ROE looks pretty remarkable. Needless to say, we are quite surprised to see that Voicecomm Technology's net income shrunk at a rate of 12% over the past five years. Therefore, there might be some other aspects that could explain this. These include low earnings retention or poor allocation of capital.
Next, on comparing with the industry net income growth, we found that Voicecomm Technology's earnings seems to be shrinking at a similar rate as the industry which shrunk at a rate of a rate of 13% 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. 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 Voicecomm Technology is trading on a high P/E or a low P/E, relative to its industry.
Voicecomm Technology doesn't pay any regular dividends, meaning that the company is keeping all of its profits, which makes us wonder why it is retaining its earnings if it can't use them to grow its business. So there could be some other explanations in that regard. For instance, the company's business may be deteriorating.
Overall, we feel that Voicecomm Technology certainly does have some positive factors to consider. However, given the high ROE and high profit retention, we would expect the company to be delivering strong earnings growth, but that isn't the case here. This suggests that there might be some external threat to the business, that's hampering its growth.
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