Westpac Banking Corp Preferred Stock Retained Earnings

WBCPH Preferred Stock   102.50  0.01  0.01%   
Westpac Banking Corp fundamentals help investors to digest information that contributes to Westpac Banking's financial success or failures. It also enables traders to predict the movement of Westpac Preferred Stock. The fundamental analysis module provides a way to measure Westpac Banking's intrinsic value by examining its available economic and financial indicators, including the cash flow records, the balance sheet account changes, the income statement patterns, and various microeconomic indicators and financial ratios related to Westpac Banking preferred stock.
  
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Westpac Banking Corp Company Retained Earnings Analysis

Westpac Banking's Retained Earnings is a balance sheet account that refers to the portion of company income that is retained by the firm. In other words, it is a part of earnings that is not paid out as dividends or otherwise distributed to owners. Retained Earnings are calculated by adding net income to last period retained earnings and subtracting any dividends paid to owners.

Retained Earnings

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Beginning RE + Income

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Dividends

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Current Westpac Banking Retained Earnings

    
  29.06 B  
Most of Westpac Banking's fundamental indicators, such as Retained Earnings, are part of a valuation analysis module that helps investors searching for stocks that are currently trading at higher or lower prices than their real value. If the real value is higher than the market price, Westpac Banking Corp is considered to be undervalued, and we provide a buy recommendation. Otherwise, we render a sell signal.
Retained Earnings shows how the firm utilizes its profits over time. In simple terms, investors can think of retained earnings as the amount of profit the company has reinvested in the business since its inceptions. However the methodology to make a decision over how much profit to retain is different between companies in different industries. For example, growing industries tend to retain more of their earnings than more matured industries as they need more assets investment to sustain their growth.
Competition

Based on the latest financial disclosure, Westpac Banking Corp has a Retained Earnings of 29.06 B. This is much higher than that of the Financials sector and significantly higher than that of the Banks industry. The retained earnings for all Australia preferred stocks is notably lower than that of the firm.

Westpac Retained Earnings Peer Comparison

Stock peer comparison is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It analyses Westpac Banking's direct or indirect competition against its Retained Earnings to detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics or determine the preferred stocks which would be a good addition to a portfolio. Peer analysis of Westpac Banking could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Westpac Banking by comparing valuation metrics of similar companies.
Westpac Banking is rated below average in retained earnings category among its peers.

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About Westpac Banking Fundamental Analysis

The Macroaxis Fundamental Analysis modules help investors analyze Westpac Banking Corp's financials across various querterly and yearly statements, indicators and fundamental ratios. We help investors to determine the real value of Westpac Banking using virtually all public information available. We use both quantitative as well as qualitative analysis to arrive at the intrinsic value of Westpac Banking Corp based on its fundamental data. In general, a quantitative approach, as applied to this company, focuses on analyzing financial statements comparatively, whereas a qaualitative method uses data that is important to a company's growth but cannot be measured and presented in a numerical way.
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Westpac Banking financial ratios help investors to determine whether Westpac Preferred Stock is cheap or expensive when compared to a particular measure, such as profits or enterprise value. In other words, they help investors to determine the cost of investment in Westpac with respect to the benefits of owning Westpac Banking security.