Further Upside For Beijing United Information Technology Co.,Ltd. (SHSE:603613) Shares Could Introduce Price Risks After 27% Bounce

Despite an already strong run, Beijing United Information Technology Co.,Ltd. (SHSE:603613) shares have been powering on, with a gain of 27% in the last thirty days. Not all shareholders will be feeling jubilant, since the share price is still down a very disappointing 22% in the last twelve months.

In spite of the firm bounce in price, given about half the companies in China have price-to-earnings ratios (or "P/E's") above 33x, you may still consider Beijing United Information TechnologyLtd as a highly attractive investment with its 13.2x P/E ratio. However, the P/E might be quite low for a reason and it requires further investigation to determine if it's justified.

Recent times have been advantageous for Beijing United Information TechnologyLtd as its earnings have been rising faster than most other companies. It might be that many expect the strong earnings performance to degrade substantially, which has repressed the P/E. If you like the company, you'd be hoping this isn't the case so that you could potentially pick up some stock while it's out of favour.

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How Is Beijing United Information TechnologyLtd's Growth Trending?

Beijing United Information TechnologyLtd's P/E ratio would be typical for a company that's expected to deliver very poor growth or even falling earnings, and importantly, perform much worse than the market.

Taking a look back first, we see that the company grew earnings per share by an impressive 22% last year. Pleasingly, EPS has also lifted 314% in aggregate from three years ago, thanks to the last 12 months of growth. So we can start by confirming that the company has done a great job of growing earnings over that time.

Looking ahead now, EPS is anticipated to climb by 75% during the coming year according to the only analyst following the company. Meanwhile, the rest of the market is forecast to only expand by 38%, which is noticeably less attractive.

With this information, we find it odd that Beijing United Information TechnologyLtd is trading at a P/E lower than the market. It looks like most investors are not convinced at all that the company can achieve future growth expectations.

The Key Takeaway

Even after such a strong price move, Beijing United Information TechnologyLtd's P/E still trails the rest of the market significantly. Typically, we'd caution against reading too much into price-to-earnings ratios when settling on investment decisions, though it can reveal plenty about what other market participants think about the company.

We've established that Beijing United Information TechnologyLtd currently trades on a much lower than expected P/E since its forecast growth is higher than the wider market. There could be some major unobserved threats to earnings preventing the P/E ratio from matching the positive outlook. It appears many are indeed anticipating earnings instability, because these conditions should normally provide a boost to the share price.

You need to take note of risks, for example - Beijing United Information TechnologyLtd has 3 warning signs (and 1 which can't be ignored) we think you should know about.

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