Investors Appear Satisfied With Sinofibers Technology Co.,Ltd.'s (SZSE:300777) Prospects As Shares Rocket 27%

Sinofibers Technology Co.,Ltd. (SZSE:300777) shares have had a really impressive month, gaining 27% after a shaky period beforehand. Unfortunately, the gains of the last month did little to right the losses of the last year with the stock still down 30% over that time.

Following the firm bounce in price, Sinofibers TechnologyLtd may be sending very bearish signals at the moment with a price-to-earnings (or "P/E") ratio of 58.4x, since almost half of all companies in China have P/E ratios under 28x and even P/E's lower than 17x are not unusual. Nonetheless, we'd need to dig a little deeper to determine if there is a rational basis for the highly elevated P/E.

Sinofibers TechnologyLtd has been struggling lately as its earnings have declined faster than most other companies. One possibility is that the P/E is high because investors think the company will turn things around completely and accelerate past most others in the market. If not, then existing shareholders may be very nervous about the viability of the share price.

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Does Growth Match The High P/E?

Sinofibers TechnologyLtd's P/E ratio would be typical for a company that's expected to deliver very strong growth, and importantly, perform much better than the market.

Retrospectively, the last year delivered a frustrating 71% decrease to the company's bottom line. The last three years don't look nice either as the company has shrunk EPS by 28% in aggregate. So unfortunately, we have to acknowledge that the company has not done a great job of growing earnings over that time.

Shifting to the future, estimates from the four analysts covering the company suggest earnings should grow by 40% per annum over the next three years. With the market only predicted to deliver 19% each year, the company is positioned for a stronger earnings result.

In light of this, it's understandable that Sinofibers TechnologyLtd's P/E sits above the majority of other companies. It seems most investors are expecting this strong future growth and are willing to pay more for the stock.

The Bottom Line On Sinofibers TechnologyLtd's P/E

Shares in Sinofibers TechnologyLtd have built up some good momentum lately, which has really inflated its 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 Sinofibers TechnologyLtd maintains its high P/E on the strength of its forecast growth being higher than the wider market, as expected. At this stage investors feel the potential for a deterioration in earnings isn't great enough to justify a lower P/E ratio. It's hard to see the share price falling strongly in the near future under these circumstances.

And what about other risks? Every company has them, and we've spotted 1 warning sign for Sinofibers TechnologyLtd you should know about.

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