Fewer Investors Than Expected Jumping On China Green Electricity Investment of Tianjin Co., Ltd. (SZSE:000537)

When close to half the companies in China have price-to-earnings ratios (or "P/E's") above 28x, you may consider China Green Electricity Investment of Tianjin Co., Ltd. (SZSE:000537) as an attractive investment with its 21.5x P/E ratio. However, the P/E might be low for a reason and it requires further investigation to determine if it's justified.

China Green Electricity Investment of Tianjin certainly has been doing a good job lately as it's been growing earnings more 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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Is There Any Growth For China Green Electricity Investment of Tianjin?

The only time you'd be truly comfortable seeing a P/E as low as China Green Electricity Investment of Tianjin's is when the company's growth is on track to lag the market.

Retrospectively, the last year delivered a decent 13% gain to the company's bottom line. Although, the latest three year period in total hasn't been as good as it didn't manage to provide any growth at all. Accordingly, shareholders probably wouldn't have been overly satisfied with the unstable medium-term growth rates.

Looking ahead now, EPS is anticipated to climb by 28% each year during the coming three years according to the lone analyst following the company. With the market only predicted to deliver 24% each year, the company is positioned for a stronger earnings result.

In light of this, it's peculiar that China Green Electricity Investment of Tianjin's P/E sits below the majority of other companies. Apparently some shareholders are doubtful of the forecasts and have been accepting significantly lower selling prices.

The Key Takeaway

We'd say the price-to-earnings ratio's power isn't primarily as a valuation instrument but rather to gauge current investor sentiment and future expectations.

Our examination of China Green Electricity Investment of Tianjin's analyst forecasts revealed that its superior earnings outlook isn't contributing to its P/E anywhere near as much as we would have predicted. There could be some major unobserved threats to earnings preventing the P/E ratio from matching the positive outlook. At least price risks look to be very low, but investors seem to think future earnings could see a lot of volatility.

There are also other vital risk factors to consider and we've discovered 4 warning signs for China Green Electricity Investment of Tianjin (2 are a bit concerning!) that you should be aware of before investing here.

If these risks are making you reconsider your opinion on China Green Electricity Investment of Tianjin, explore our interactive list of high quality stocks to get an idea of what else is out there.

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