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Declining Stock and Decent Financials: Is The Market Wrong About Atmos Energy Corporation (NYSE:ATO)?

Declining Stock and Decent Financials: Is The Market Wrong About Atmos Energy Corporation (NYSE:ATO)?

股票下跌和財務狀況良好:市場對Atmos Energy Corporation(紐約證券交易所代碼:ATO)的看法是否錯誤?
Simply Wall St ·  05/27 18:44

It is hard to get excited after looking at Atmos Energy's (NYSE:ATO) recent performance, when its stock has declined 4.8% over the past week. However, the company's fundamentals look pretty decent, and long-term financials are usually aligned with future market price movements. In this article, we decided to focus on Atmos Energy's ROE.

看了Atmos Energy(紐約證券交易所代碼:ATO)最近的表現,很難感到興奮,當時其股價在過去一週下跌了4.8%。但是,該公司的基本面看起來相當不錯,長期財務狀況通常與未來的市場價格走勢一致。在本文中,我們決定重點關注Atmos Energy的投資回報率。

ROE or return on equity is a useful tool to assess how effectively a company can generate returns on the investment it received from its shareholders. Put another way, it reveals the company's success at turning shareholder investments into profits.

投資回報率或股本回報率是評估公司如何有效地從股東那裏獲得投資回報的有用工具。換句話說,它揭示了公司成功地將股東投資轉化爲利潤。

How Is ROE Calculated?

ROE 是如何計算的?

The formula for ROE is:

ROE 的公式是:

Return on Equity = Net Profit (from continuing operations) ÷ Shareholders' Equity

股本回報率 = 淨利潤(來自持續經營業務)÷ 股東權益

So, based on the above formula, the ROE for Atmos Energy is:

因此,根據上述公式,Atmos Energy的投資回報率爲:

8.6% = US$1b ÷ US$12b (Based on the trailing twelve months to March 2024).

8.6% = 10億美元 ÷ 120億美元(基於截至2024年3月的過去十二個月)。

The 'return' is the amount earned after tax over the last twelve months. One way to conceptualize this is that for each $1 of shareholders' capital it has, the company made $0.09 in profit.

“回報” 是過去十二個月的稅後收入。對此進行概念化的一種方法是,該公司每擁有1美元的股東資本,就能獲得0.09美元的利潤。

What Is The Relationship Between ROE And Earnings Growth?

投資回報率與收益增長之間有什麼關係?

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. 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.

到目前爲止,我們已經了解到,投資回報率衡量的是公司創造利潤的效率。現在,我們需要評估公司再投資或 “保留” 了多少利潤以用於未來的增長,從而使我們對公司的增長潛力有所了解。一般而言,在其他條件相同的情況下,股本回報率和利潤留存率高的公司的增長率要高於不具有這些屬性的公司。

Atmos Energy's Earnings Growth And 8.6% ROE

Atmos Energy的收益增長和8.6%的投資回報率

On the face of it, Atmos Energy's ROE is not much to talk about. However, its ROE is similar to the industry average of 10.0%, so we won't completely dismiss the company. Having said that, Atmos Energy has shown a modest net income growth of 13% over the past five years. Given the slightly low ROE, it is likely that there could be some other aspects that are driving this growth. Such as - high earnings retention or an efficient management in place.

從表面上看,Atmos Energy的投資回報率沒什麼好談的。但是,其投資回報率與行業平均水平的10.0%相似,因此我們不會完全解散該公司。話雖如此,Atmos Energy在過去五年中表現出13%的溫和淨收入增長。鑑於投資回報率略低,可能還有其他一些方面推動這種增長。例如——高收益留存率或實行高效管理。

As a next step, we compared Atmos Energy's net income growth with the industry, and pleasingly, we found that the growth seen by the company is higher than the average industry growth of 9.1%.

下一步,我們將Atmos Energy的淨收入增長與該行業進行了比較,令人高興的是,我們發現該公司的增長高於行業平均增長9.1%。

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NYSE:ATO Past Earnings Growth May 27th 2024
紐約證券交易所:ATO 過去的收益增長 2024 年 5 月 27 日

Earnings growth is a huge factor in stock valuation. 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 Atmos Energy's's valuation, check out this gauge of its price-to-earnings ratio, as compared to its industry.

收益增長是股票估值的重要因素。無論如何,投資者應設法確定預期的收益增長或下降是否已計入其中。然後,這可以幫助他們確定股票是面向光明還是暗淡的未來。如果你想知道Atmos Energy的估值,可以看看這個衡量其與行業相比的市盈率指標。

Is Atmos Energy Using Its Retained Earnings Effectively?

Atmos Energy是否有效地使用了其留存收益?

Atmos Energy has a healthy combination of a moderate three-year median payout ratio of 48% (or a retention ratio of 52%) and a respectable amount of growth in earnings as we saw above, meaning that the company has been making efficient use of its profits.

Atmos Energy的三年派息率中位數爲48%(或52%的留存率)和可觀的收益增長(如上所示),這是一個健康的組合,這意味着該公司一直在有效利用其利潤。

Besides, Atmos Energy has been paying dividends for at least ten years or more. This shows that the company is committed to sharing profits with its shareholders. Our latest analyst data shows that the future payout ratio of the company over the next three years is expected to be approximately 50%. Therefore, the company's future ROE is also not expected to change by much with analysts predicting an ROE of 9.2%.

此外,Atmos Energy支付股息已有至少十年或更長時間了。這表明該公司致力於與股東分享利潤。我們最新的分析師數據顯示,公司未來三年的派息率預計約爲50%。因此,預計該公司未來的投資回報率也不會有太大變化,分析師預計投資回報率爲9.2%。

Summary

摘要

In total, it does look like Atmos Energy has some positive aspects to its business. 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. That being so, a study of the latest analyst forecasts show that the company is expected to see a slowdown in its future earnings growth. 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.

總的來說,Atmos Energy的業務看起來確實有一些積極的方面。儘管回報率很低,但由於對業務進行了大量再投資,該公司的收益增長令人印象深刻。既然如此,對分析師最新預測的研究表明,預計該公司未來的收益增長將放緩。要了解有關公司未來收益增長預測的更多信息,請查看這份關於分析師預測的免費報告,以了解更多信息。

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