04-03-2025
BM GreenTech Berhad's (KLSE:BMGREEN) Earnings May Just Be The Starting Point
When companies post strong earnings, the stock generally performs well, just like BM GreenTech Berhad's (KLSE:BMGREEN) stock has recently. We did some digging and found some further encouraging factors that investors will like.
View our latest analysis for BM GreenTech Berhad
As finance nerds would already know, the accrual ratio from cashflow is a key measure for assessing how well a company's free cash flow (FCF) matches its profit. To get the accrual ratio we first subtract FCF from profit for a period, and then divide that number by the average operating assets for the period. The ratio shows us how much a company's profit exceeds its FCF.
As a result, a negative accrual ratio is a positive for the company, and a positive accrual ratio is a negative. While having an accrual ratio above zero is of little concern, we do think it's worth noting when a company has a relatively high accrual ratio. That's because some academic studies have suggested that high accruals ratios tend to lead to lower profit or less profit growth.
Over the twelve months to December 2024, BM GreenTech Berhad recorded an accrual ratio of -0.19. That implies it has very good cash conversion, and that its earnings in the last year actually significantly understate its free cash flow. To wit, it produced free cash flow of RM96m during the period, dwarfing its reported profit of RM48.5m. BM GreenTech Berhad's free cash flow improved over the last year, which is generally good to see. Notably, the company has issued new shares, thus diluting existing shareholders and reducing their share of future earnings.
That might leave you wondering what analysts are forecasting in terms of future profitability. Luckily, you can click here to see an interactive graph depicting future profitability, based on their estimates.
One essential aspect of assessing earnings quality is to look at how much a company is diluting shareholders. BM GreenTech Berhad expanded the number of shares on issue by 33% over the last year. As a result, its net income is now split between a greater number of shares. Per share metrics like EPS help us understand how much actual shareholders are benefitting from the company's profits, while the net income level gives us a better view of the company's absolute size. Check out BM GreenTech Berhad's historical EPS growth by clicking on this link.
As you can see above, BM GreenTech Berhad has been growing its net income over the last few years, with an annualized gain of 134% over three years. But EPS was only up 121% per year, in the exact same period. And the 71% profit boost in the last year certainly seems impressive at first glance. But in comparison, EPS only increased by 62% over the same period. So you can see that the dilution has had a fairly significant impact on shareholders.
In the long term, earnings per share growth should beget share price growth. So BM GreenTech Berhad shareholders will want to see that EPS figure continue to increase. However, if its profit increases while its earnings per share stay flat (or even fall) then shareholders might not see much benefit. For that reason, you could say that EPS is more important that net income in the long run, assuming the goal is to assess whether a company's share price might grow.
At the end of the day, BM GreenTech Berhad is diluting shareholders which will dampen earnings per share growth, but its accrual ratio showed it can back up its profits with free cash flow. Considering the aforementioned, we think that BM GreenTech Berhad's profits are probably a reasonable reflection of its underlying profitability; although we'd be confident in that conclusion if we saw a cleaner set of results. If you want to do dive deeper into BM GreenTech Berhad, you'd also look into what risks it is currently facing. For example, we've discovered 1 warning sign that you should run your eye over to get a better picture of BM GreenTech Berhad.
In this article we've looked at a number of factors that can impair the utility of profit numbers, as a guide to a business. But there is always more to discover if you are capable of focussing your mind on minutiae. For example, many people consider a high return on equity as an indication of favorable business economics, while others like to 'follow the money' and search out stocks that insiders are buying. So you may wish to see this free collection of companies boasting high return on equity, or this list of stocks with high insider ownership.
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