Jiahe Foods Industry Co., Ltd.'s (SHSE:605300) Price Is Right But Growth Is Lacking

With a price-to-earnings (or "P/E") ratio of 16.1x Jiahe Foods Industry Co., Ltd. (SHSE:605300) may be sending bullish signals at the moment, given that almost half of all companies in China have P/E ratios greater than 27x and even P/E's higher than 51x are not unusual. However, the P/E might be low for a reason and it requires further investigation to determine if it's justified.

Jiahe Foods Industry certainly has been doing a good job lately as it's been growing earnings more than most other companies. One possibility is that the P/E is low because investors think this strong earnings performance might be less impressive moving forward. If not, then existing shareholders have reason to be quite optimistic about the future direction of the share price.

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Is There Any Growth For Jiahe Foods Industry?

There's an inherent assumption that a company should underperform the market for P/E ratios like Jiahe Foods Industry's to be considered reasonable.

Taking a look back first, we see that the company grew earnings per share by an impressive 121% last year. As a result, it also grew EPS by 7.4% in total over the last three years. So we can start by confirming that the company has actually done a good job of growing earnings over that time.

Shifting to the future, estimates from the dual analysts covering the company suggest earnings should grow by 6.6% per year over the next three years. That's shaping up to be materially lower than the 23% per annum growth forecast for the broader market.

With this information, we can see why Jiahe Foods Industry is trading at a P/E lower than the market. Apparently many shareholders weren't comfortable holding on while the company is potentially eyeing a less prosperous future.

What We Can Learn From Jiahe Foods Industry's P/E?

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 Jiahe Foods Industry maintains its low P/E on the weakness of its forecast growth being lower than the wider market, as expected. Right now shareholders are accepting the low P/E as they concede future earnings probably won't provide any pleasant surprises. It's hard to see the share price rising strongly in the near future under these circumstances.

It is also worth noting that we have found 1 warning sign for Jiahe Foods Industry that you need to take into consideration.

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