With its stock down 14% over the past month, it is easy to disregard Corsair Gaming (NASDAQ:CRSR). However, a closer look at its sound financials might cause you to think again. Given that fundamentals usually drive long-term market outcomes, the company is worth looking at. In this article, we decided to focus on Corsair Gaming’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 To Calculate Return On Equity?
The formula for return on equity is:
Return on Equity = Net Profit (from continuing operations) ÷ Shareholders’ Equity
So, based on the above formula, the ROE for Corsair Gaming is:
24% = US$103m ÷ US$437m (Based on the trailing twelve months to December 2020).
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 $0.24 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. 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. 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.
Corsair Gaming’s Earnings Growth And 24% ROE
First thing first, we like that Corsair Gaming has an impressive ROE. Additionally, the company’s ROE is higher compared to the industry average of 8.4% which is quite remarkable. So, the substantial 33% net income growth seen by Corsair Gaming over the past five years isn’t overly surprising.
Next, on comparing with the industry net income growth, we found that Corsair Gaming’s growth is quite high when compared to the industry average growth of 12% in the same period, which is great to see.
Earnings growth is an important metric to consider when valuing a stock. 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. What is CRSR worth today? The intrinsic value infographic in our free research report helps visualize whether CRSR is currently mispriced by the market.
Is Corsair Gaming Making Efficient Use Of Its Profits?
Summary
Overall, we are quite pleased with Corsair Gaming’s performance. 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. Having said that, the company’s earnings growth is expected to slow down, as forecasted in the current analyst estimates. 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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