Some Confidence Is Lacking In Guizhou Taiyong-Changzheng Technology Co.,Ltd. (SZSE:002927) As Shares Slide 30%

Guizhou Taiyong-Changzheng Technology Co.,Ltd. (SZSE:002927) shares have had a horrible month, losing 30% after a relatively good period beforehand. Instead of being rewarded, shareholders who have already held through the last twelve months are now sitting on a 20% share price drop.

Even after such a large drop in price, given around half the companies in China have price-to-earnings ratios (or "P/E's") below 29x, you may still consider Guizhou Taiyong-Changzheng TechnologyLtd as a stock to potentially avoid with its 36.2x P/E ratio. However, the P/E might be high for a reason and it requires further investigation to determine if it's justified.

The recent earnings growth at Guizhou Taiyong-Changzheng TechnologyLtd would have to be considered satisfactory if not spectacular. One possibility is that the P/E is high because investors think this good earnings growth will be enough to outperform the broader market in the near future. If not, then existing shareholders may be a little nervous about the viability of the share price.

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How Is Guizhou Taiyong-Changzheng TechnologyLtd's Growth Trending?

There's an inherent assumption that a company should outperform the market for P/E ratios like Guizhou Taiyong-Changzheng TechnologyLtd's to be considered reasonable.

Retrospectively, the last year delivered a decent 3.2% gain to the company's bottom line. Still, lamentably EPS has fallen 17% in aggregate from three years ago, which is disappointing. So unfortunately, we have to acknowledge that the company has not done a great job of growing earnings over that time.

Comparing that to the market, which is predicted to deliver 36% growth in the next 12 months, the company's downward momentum based on recent medium-term earnings results is a sobering picture.

With this information, we find it concerning that Guizhou Taiyong-Changzheng TechnologyLtd is trading at a P/E higher than the market. It seems most investors are ignoring the recent poor growth rate and are hoping for a turnaround in the company's business prospects. Only the boldest would assume these prices are sustainable as a continuation of recent earnings trends is likely to weigh heavily on the share price eventually.

The Final Word

Despite the recent share price weakness, Guizhou Taiyong-Changzheng TechnologyLtd's P/E remains higher than most other companies. Generally, our preference is to limit the use of the price-to-earnings ratio to establishing what the market thinks about the overall health of a company.

Our examination of Guizhou Taiyong-Changzheng TechnologyLtd revealed its shrinking earnings over the medium-term aren't impacting its high P/E anywhere near as much as we would have predicted, given the market is set to grow. Right now we are increasingly uncomfortable with the high P/E as this earnings performance is highly unlikely to support such positive sentiment for long. Unless the recent medium-term conditions improve markedly, it's very challenging to accept these prices as being reasonable.

Before you settle on your opinion, we've discovered 2 warning signs for Guizhou Taiyong-Changzheng TechnologyLtd that you should be aware of.

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