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What You Must Know About CenterState Bank Corporation’s (NASDAQ:CSFL) Return on Equity

The content of this article will benefit those of you who are starting to educate yourself about investing in the stock market and want to begin learning the link between company’s fundamentals and stock market performance.

CenterState Bank Corporation’s (NASDAQ:CSFL) most recent return on equity was a substandard 6.0% relative to its industry performance of 8.2% over the past year. An investor may attribute an inferior ROE to a relatively inefficient performance, and whilst this can often be the case, knowing the nuts and bolts of the ROE calculation may change that perspective and give you a deeper insight into CSFL’s past performance. Metrics such as financial leverage can impact the level of ROE which in turn can affect the sustainability of CSFL’s returns. Let me show you what I mean by this.

See our latest analysis for CenterState Bank

Peeling the layers of ROE – trisecting a company’s profitability

Return on Equity (ROE) is a measure of CenterState Bank’s profit relative to its shareholders’ equity. An ROE of 6.0% implies $0.060 returned on every $1 invested. Generally speaking, a higher ROE is preferred; however, there are other factors we must also consider before making any conclusions.

Return on Equity = Net Profit ÷ Shareholders Equity

Returns are usually compared to costs to measure the efficiency of capital. CenterState Bank’s cost of equity is 10.8%. Given a discrepancy of -4.9% between return and cost, this indicated that CenterState Bank may be paying more for its capital than what it’s generating in return. ROE can be dissected into three distinct ratios: net profit margin, asset turnover, and financial leverage. This is called the Dupont Formula:

Dupont Formula

ROE = profit margin × asset turnover × financial leverage

ROE = (annual net profit ÷ sales) × (sales ÷ assets) × (assets ÷ shareholders’ equity)

ROE = annual net profit ÷ shareholders’ equity

NasdaqGS:CSFL Last Perf September 10th 18
NasdaqGS:CSFL Last Perf September 10th 18

The first component is profit margin, which measures how much of sales is retained after the company pays for all its expenses. Asset turnover shows how much revenue CenterState Bank can generate with its current asset base. The most interesting ratio, and reflective of sustainability of its ROE, is financial leverage. Since financial leverage can artificially inflate ROE, we need to look at how much debt CenterState Bank currently has. The debt-to-equity ratio currently stands at a sensible 46.9%, meaning the ROE is a result of its capacity to produce profit growth without a huge debt burden.

NasdaqGS:CSFL Historical Debt September 10th 18
NasdaqGS:CSFL Historical Debt September 10th 18

Next Steps:

ROE is one of many ratios which meaningfully dissects financial statements, which illustrates the quality of a company. CenterState Bank exhibits a weak ROE against its peers, as well as insufficient levels to cover its own cost of equity this year. However, ROE is not likely to be inflated by excessive debt funding, giving shareholders more conviction in the sustainability of returns, which has headroom to increase further. Although ROE can be a useful metric, it is only a small part of diligent research.

For CenterState Bank, I’ve compiled three fundamental factors you should further examine:

  1. Financial Health: Does it have a healthy balance sheet? Take a look at our free balance sheet analysis with six simple checks on key factors like leverage and risk.

  2. Valuation: What is CenterState Bank 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 CenterState Bank is currently mispriced by the market.

  3. Other High-Growth Alternatives : Are there other high-growth stocks you could be holding instead of CenterState Bank? Explore our interactive list of stocks with large growth potential to get an idea of what else is out there you may be missing!

To help readers see past 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. For errors that warrant correction please contact the editor at editorial-team@simplywallst.com.

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