Schneider Electric’s (EPA:SU) stock is up by a considerable 6.6% 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. In this article, we decided to focus on Schneider Electric’s ROE.

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. Simply put, it is used to assess the profitability of a company in relation to its equity capital.

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How Do You 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 Schneider Electric is:

14% = €3.5b ÷ €26b (Based on the trailing twelve months to December 2022).

The ‘return’ is the profit over the last twelve months. One way to conceptualize this is that for each €1 of shareholders’ capital it has, the company made €0.14 in profit.

What Has ROE Got To Do With Earnings Growth?

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.

Schneider Electric’s Earnings Growth And 14% ROE

To begin with, Schneider Electric seems to have a respectable ROE. Further, the company’s ROE is similar to the industry average of 14%. This probably goes some way in explaining Schneider Electric’s moderate 9.3% growth over the past five years amongst other factors.

We then compared Schneider Electric’s net income growth with the industry and we’re pleased to see that the company’s growth figure is higher when compared with the industry which has a growth rate of 6.2% in the same period.

The basis for attaching value to a company is, to a great extent, tied to its earnings growth. What investors need to determine next is if the expected earnings growth, or the lack of it, is already built into the share price. Doing so will help them establish if the stock’s future looks promising or ominous. If you’re wondering about Schneider Electric’s’s valuation, check out this gauge of its price-to-earnings ratio, as compared to its industry.

Is Schneider Electric Making Efficient Use Of Its Profits?

Schneider Electric has a significant three-year median payout ratio of 51%, meaning that it is left with only 49% to reinvest into its business. This implies that the company has been able to achieve decent earnings growth despite returning most of its profits to shareholders.

Besides, Schneider Electric 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 44%. Still, forecasts suggest that Schneider Electric’s future ROE will rise to 17% even though the company’s payout ratio is not expected to change by much.

Summary

In total, we are pretty happy with Schneider Electric’s performance. Especially the high ROE, Which has contributed to the impressive growth seen in earnings. Despite the company reinvesting only a small portion of its profits, it still has managed to grow its earnings so that is appreciable. On studying current analyst estimates, we found that analysts expect the company to continue its recent growth streak. 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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