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After looking at mobilezone holding ag’s (SWX:MOZN) latest earnings announcement (31 December 2017), I found it useful to revisit the company’s performance in the past couple of years and assess this against the most recent figures. As a long term investor, I pay close attention to earnings trend, rather than the figures published at one point in time. I also compare against an industry benchmark to check whether mobilezone holding ag’s performance has been impacted by industry movements. In this article I briefly touch on my key findings. Check out our latest analysis for mobilezone holding ag
How Did MOZN’s Recent Performance Stack Up Against Its Past?
I look at data from the most recent 12 months, which either annualizes the most recent 6-month earnings update, or in some cases, the most recent annual report is already the latest available financial data. This enables me to analyze different companies on a similar basis, using the most relevant data points. For mobilezone holding ag, its most recent bottom-line (trailing twelve month) is CHF35.23M, which, against the previous year’s level, has dropped by -2.55%. Given that these figures are fairly myopic, I’ve created an annualized five-year figure for MOZN’s net income, which stands at CHF26.53M This suggests that even though earnings declined against the previous year, over the past couple of years, mobilezone holding ag’s profits have been increasing on average.
What’s enabled this growth? Let’s see if it is solely owing to industry tailwinds, or if mobilezone holding ag has seen some company-specific growth. The hike in earnings seems to be bolstered by a solid top-line increase outstripping its growth rate of costs. Though this has led to a margin contraction, it has made mobilezone holding ag more profitable. Looking at growth from a sector-level, the CH specialty retail industry has been growing, albeit, at a subdued single-digit rate of 4.81% over the previous twelve months, and 2.26% over the past half a decade. This shows that whatever near-term headwind the industry is enduring, it’s hitting mobilezone holding ag harder than its peers.
What does this mean?
Though mobilezone holding ag’s past data is helpful, it is only one aspect of my investment thesis. Companies that are profitable, but have unpredictable earnings, can have many factors affecting its business. I recommend you continue to research mobilezone holding ag to get a better picture of the stock by looking at:
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Financial Health: Is MOZN’s operations financially sustainable? Balance sheets can be hard to analyze, which is why we’ve done it for you. Check out our financial health checks here.
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Valuation: What is MOZN worth today? Is the stock undervalued, even when its growth outlook is factored into its intrinsic value? The intrinsic value infographic in our free research report helps visualize whether MOZN is currently mispriced by the market.
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Other High-Performing Stocks: Are there other stocks that provide better prospects with proven track records? Explore our free list of these great stocks here.
NB: Figures in this article are calculated using data from the trailing twelve months from 31 December 2017. This may not be consistent with full year annual report figures.
To help readers see pass the short term volatility of the financial market, we aim to bring you a long-term focused research analysis purely driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis does not factor in the latest price sensitive company announcements.
The author is an independent contributor and at the time of publication had no position in the stocks mentioned.