Impressive earnings may not tell the whole story of TSUKADA GLOBAL HOLDINGS (TSE:2418)

TSUKADA GLOBAL HOLDINGS Inc.’s (TSE:2418) failed to move the stock market despite its solid earnings report. Our analysis suggests that this may be because shareholders noticed some concerning underlying factors.

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How do unusual items affect profits?

For anyone looking to understand TSUKADA GLOBAL HOLDINGS’s profit beyond the statutory numbers, it’s important to know that the statutory profit over the trailing twelve months was covered by JP¥511m worth of unusual items. While it’s always nice to have higher profit, sometimes a large contribution from unusual items dampens our enthusiasm. When we analyzed the vast majority of listed companies globally, we found that significant unusual items are often not repeated. And that’s to be expected, since these increases are labeled ‘unusual’. Therefore, assuming these unusual items do not recur in the current year, we would expect next year’s profit to be weaker (so in the absence of business growth).

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Our assessment of the earnings development of TSUKADA GLOBAL HOLDINGS

One could argue that TSUKADA GLOBAL HOLDINGS’ statutory profits have been distorted by unusual items boosting profits. For this reason, we believe TSUKADA GLOBAL HOLDINGS’ statutory profits could be better than its underlying earnings power. But at least holders can take some comfort from its EPS growth of 62% over the last year. Of course, we’ve only scratched the surface when analyzing profits; one might also consider margins, forecast growth and return on capital, among other things. If you want to learn more about TSUKADA GLOBAL HOLDINGS as a company, it’s important to be aware of all the risks it faces. Note that TSUKADA GLOBAL HOLDINGS 3 warning signals in our investment analysis and we are not so happy with one of them …

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