Is the Market Following Fundamentals?

Tencent Music Entertainment Group (NYSE:TME) has had a great run on the share market with its stock up by a significant 53% over the last three months. Given that the market rewards strong financials in the long-term, we wonder if that is the case in this instance. Specifically, we decided to study Tencent Music Entertainment Group’s ROE in this article.

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.

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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 Tencent Music Entertainment Group is:

12% = CN¥11b ÷ CN¥86b (Based on the trailing twelve months to June 2025).

The ‘return’ is the amount earned after tax over the last twelve months. One way to conceptualize this is that for each $1 of shareholders’ capital it has, the company made $0.12 in profit.

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We have already established that ROE serves as an efficient profit-generating gauge for a company’s future earnings. Based on how much of its profits the company chooses to reinvest or “retain”, we are then able to evaluate a company’s future ability to generate profits. Assuming all else is equal, companies that have both a higher return on equity and higher profit retention are usually the ones that have a higher growth rate when compared to companies that don’t have the same features.

To begin with, Tencent Music Entertainment Group seems to have a respectable ROE. Even when compared to the industry average of 12% the company’s ROE looks quite decent. Consequently, this likely laid the ground for the decent growth of 20% seen over the past five years by Tencent Music Entertainment Group.

Next, on comparing with the industry net income growth, we found that Tencent Music Entertainment Group’s reported growth was lower than the industry growth of 31% over the last few years, which is not something we like to see.

The basis for attaching value to a company is, to a great extent, tied to its earnings growth. It’s important for an investor to know whether the market has priced in the company’s expected earnings growth (or decline). By doing so, they will have an idea if the stock is headed into clear blue waters or if swampy waters await. One good indicator of expected earnings growth is the P/E ratio which determines the price the market is willing to pay for a stock based on its earnings prospects. So, you may want to check if Tencent Music Entertainment Group is trading on a high P/E or a low P/E, relative to its industry.