Is Cosmos Technology International Berhad’s (KLSE:COSMOS) Recent Price Movement Underpinned By Its Weak Fundamentals?
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Cosmos Technology International Berhad (KLSE:COSMOS) has had a rough three months with its share price down 9.8%. It is possible that the markets have ignored the company’s differing financials and decided to lean-in to the negative sentiment. Long-term fundamentals are usually what drive market outcomes, so it’s worth paying close attention. In this article, we decided to focus on Cosmos Technology International Berhad’s ROE.
Return on Equity or ROE is a test of how effectively a company is growing its value and managing investors’ money. In short, ROE shows the profit each dollar generates with respect to its shareholder investments.
ROE 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 Cosmos Technology International Berhad is:
5.4% = RM2.3m ÷ RM43m (Based on the trailing twelve months to April 2025).
The ‘return’ is the profit over the last twelve months. One way to conceptualize this is that for each MYR1 of shareholders’ capital it has, the company made MYR0.05 in profit.
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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. 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.
It is hard to argue that Cosmos Technology International Berhad’s ROE is much good in and of itself. A comparison with the industry shows that the company’s ROE is pretty similar to the average industry ROE of 5.6%. Given the circumstances, the significant decline in net income by 10% seen by Cosmos Technology International Berhad over the last five years is not surprising.
That being said, we compared Cosmos Technology International Berhad’s performance with the industry and were concerned when we found that while the company has shrunk its earnings, the industry has grown its earnings at a rate of 8.9% in the same 5-year period.
