GigaDevice Semiconductor (Beijing)'s (SHSE:603986) stock is up by a considerable 29% over the past three months. 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. Particularly, we will be paying attention to GigaDevice Semiconductor (Beijing)'s 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. Put another way, it reveals the company's success at turning shareholder investments into profits.

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How To 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 GigaDevice Semiconductor (Beijing) is:

18% = CN¥2.8b ÷ CN¥15b (Based on the trailing twelve months to September 2022).

The 'return' is the yearly profit. One way to conceptualize this is that for each CN¥1 of shareholders' capital it has, the company made CN¥0.18 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. 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.

A Side By Side comparison of GigaDevice Semiconductor (Beijing)'s Earnings Growth And 18% ROE

To begin with, GigaDevice Semiconductor (Beijing) seems to have a respectable ROE. Especially when compared to the industry average of 8.9% the company's ROE looks pretty impressive. Probably as a result of this, GigaDevice Semiconductor (Beijing) was able to see an impressive net income growth of 47% over the last five years. However, there could also be other causes behind this growth. For instance, the company has a low payout ratio or is being managed efficiently.

As a next step, we compared GigaDevice Semiconductor (Beijing)'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 36%.

Earnings growth is a huge factor in stock valuation. What investors need to determine next is if the expected earnings growth, or the lack of it, is already built into the share price. By doing so, they will have an idea if the stock is headed into clear blue waters or if swampy waters await. If you're wondering about GigaDevice Semiconductor (Beijing)'s's valuation, check out this gauge of its price-to-earnings ratio, as compared to its industry.

Is GigaDevice Semiconductor (Beijing) Making Efficient Use Of Its Profits?

GigaDevice Semiconductor (Beijing)'s ' three-year median payout ratio is on the lower side at 20% implying that it is retaining a higher percentage (80%) of its profits. So it looks like GigaDevice Semiconductor (Beijing) is reinvesting profits heavily to grow its business, which shows in its earnings growth.

Moreover, GigaDevice Semiconductor (Beijing) is determined to keep sharing its profits with shareholders which we infer from its long history of six years of paying a dividend. Upon studying the latest analysts' consensus data, we found that the company's future payout ratio is expected to rise to 31% over the next three years. However, the company's ROE is not expected to change by much despite the higher expected payout ratio.

Summary

On the whole, we feel that GigaDevice Semiconductor (Beijing)'s performance has been quite good. Specifically, we like that the company is reinvesting a huge chunk of its profits at a high rate of return. This of course has caused the company to see substantial growth in its earnings. 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. Are these analysts expectations based on the broad expectations for the industry, or on the company's fundamentals? Click here to be taken to our analyst's forecasts page for the company.

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