It is hard to get excited after looking at Uchi Technologies Berhad's (KLSE:UCHITEC) recent performance, when its stock has declined 4.7% over the past month. However, the company's fundamentals look pretty decent, and long-term financials are usually aligned with future market price movements. Particularly, we will be paying attention to Uchi Technologies Berhad'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. Simply put, it is used to assess the profitability of a company in relation to its equity capital.
How Is ROE Calculated?
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 Uchi Technologies Berhad is:
51% = RM90m ÷ RM179m (Based on the trailing twelve months to September 2025).
The 'return' is the yearly profit. So, this means that for every MYR1 of its shareholder's investments, the company generates a profit of MYR0.51.
See our latest analysis for Uchi Technologies Berhad
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. 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.
Uchi Technologies Berhad's Earnings Growth And 51% ROE
To begin with, Uchi Technologies Berhad has a pretty high ROE which is interesting. Additionally, the company's ROE is higher compared to the industry average of 8.5% which is quite remarkable. Probably as a result of this, Uchi Technologies Berhad was able to see a decent net income growth of 5.3% over the last five years.
We then compared Uchi Technologies Berhad's net income growth with the industry and found that the company's growth figure is lower than the average industry growth rate of 8.3% in the same 5-year period, which is a bit concerning.
Earnings growth is a huge factor in stock valuation. It's important for an investor to know whether the market has priced in the company's expected earnings growth (or decline). Doing so will help them establish if the stock's future looks promising or ominous. Has the market priced in the future outlook for UCHITEC? You can find out in our latest intrinsic value infographic research report.
Is Uchi Technologies Berhad Making Efficient Use Of Its Profits?
The high three-year median payout ratio of 99% (or a retention ratio of 0.8%) for Uchi Technologies Berhad suggests that the company's growth wasn't really hampered despite it returning most of its income to its shareholders.
Moreover, Uchi Technologies Berhad is determined to keep sharing its profits with shareholders which we infer from its long history of paying a dividend for at least ten years. Upon studying the latest analysts' consensus data, we found that the company is expected to keep paying out approximately 96% of its profits over the next three years. As a result, Uchi Technologies Berhad's ROE is not expected to change by much either, which we inferred from the analyst estimate of 48% for future ROE.
Conclusion
Overall, we feel that Uchi Technologies Berhad certainly does have some positive factors to consider. As noted earlier, its earnings growth has been quite decent, and the high ROE does contribute to that growth. Still, the company invests little to almost none of its profits. This could potentially reduce the odds that the company continues to see the same level of growth in the future. The latest industry analyst forecasts show that the company is expected to maintain its current growth rate. 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.
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