Alkis H. Hadjikyriacos (Frou Frou Biscuits) Public Ltd. (CSE:FBI) Investors Are Less Pessimistic Than Expected

With a price-to-earnings (or "P/E") ratio of 11.7x Alkis H. Hadjikyriacos (Frou Frou Biscuits) Public Ltd. (CSE:FBI) may be sending very bearish signals at the moment, given that almost half of all companies in Cyprus have P/E ratios under 7x and even P/E's lower than 3x are not unusual. However, the P/E might be quite high for a reason and it requires further investigation to determine if it's justified.

With earnings growth that's exceedingly strong of late, Alkis H. Hadjikyriacos (Frou Frou Biscuits) has been doing very well. It seems that many are expecting the strong earnings performance to beat most other companies over the coming period, which has increased investors’ willingness to pay up for the stock. If not, then existing shareholders might be a little nervous about the viability of the share price.

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How Is Alkis H. Hadjikyriacos (Frou Frou Biscuits)'s Growth Trending?

The only time you'd be truly comfortable seeing a P/E as steep as Alkis H. Hadjikyriacos (Frou Frou Biscuits)'s is when the company's growth is on track to outshine the market decidedly.

Retrospectively, the last year delivered an exceptional 97% gain to the company's bottom line. Pleasingly, EPS has also lifted 89% 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.

Comparing that to the market, which is predicted to deliver 24% growth in the next 12 months, the company's momentum is pretty similar based on recent medium-term annualised earnings results.

In light of this, it's curious that Alkis H. Hadjikyriacos (Frou Frou Biscuits)'s P/E sits above the majority of other companies. It seems most investors are ignoring the fairly average recent growth rates and are willing to pay up for exposure to the stock. Although, additional gains will be difficult to achieve as a continuation of recent earnings trends would weigh down the share price eventually.

The Final Word

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.

We've established that Alkis H. Hadjikyriacos (Frou Frou Biscuits) currently trades on a higher than expected P/E since its recent three-year growth is only in line with the wider market forecast. When we see average earnings with market-like growth, we suspect the share price is at risk of declining, sending the high P/E lower. If recent medium-term earnings trends continue, it will place shareholders' investments at risk and potential investors in danger of paying an unnecessary premium.

You need to take note of risks, for example - Alkis H. Hadjikyriacos (Frou Frou Biscuits) has 3 warning signs (and 1 which makes us a bit uncomfortable) we think you should know about.

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