Optimistic Investors Push Texwinca Holdings Limited (HKG:321) Shares Up 32% But Growth Is Lacking

Texwinca Holdings Limited (HKG:321) shareholders would be excited to see that the share price has had a great month, posting a 32% gain and recovering from prior weakness. Taking a wider view, although not as strong as the last month, the full year gain of 21% is also fairly reasonable.

Even after such a large jump in price, you could still be forgiven for feeling indifferent about Texwinca Holdings' P/E ratio of 11.1x, since the median price-to-earnings (or "P/E") ratio in Hong Kong is also close to 12x. However, investors might be overlooking a clear opportunity or potential setback if there is no rational basis for the P/E.

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For example, consider that Texwinca Holdings' financial performance has been poor lately as its earnings have been in decline. It might be that many expect the company to put the disappointing earnings performance behind them over the coming period, which has kept the P/E from falling. If you like the company, you'd at least be hoping this is the case so that you could potentially pick up some stock while it's not quite in favour.

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Is There Some Growth For Texwinca Holdings?

Texwinca Holdings' P/E ratio would be typical for a company that's only expected to deliver moderate growth, and importantly, perform in line with the market.

Retrospectively, the last year delivered a frustrating 33% decrease to the company's bottom line. As a result, earnings from three years ago have also fallen 23% overall. 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 20% growth in the next 12 months, the company's downward momentum based on recent medium-term earnings results is a sobering picture.

In light of this, it's somewhat alarming that Texwinca Holdings' P/E sits in line with the majority of other companies. It seems most investors are ignoring the recent poor growth rate and are hoping for a turnaround in the company's business prospects. There's a good chance existing shareholders are setting themselves up for future disappointment if the P/E falls to levels more in line with the recent negative growth rates.

What We Can Learn From Texwinca Holdings' P/E?

Texwinca Holdings appears to be back in favour with a solid price jump getting its P/E back in line with most other companies. 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 Texwinca Holdings revealed its shrinking earnings over the medium-term aren't impacting its P/E as much as we would have predicted, given the market is set to grow. Right now we are uncomfortable with the P/E as this earnings performance is unlikely to support a more positive sentiment for long. Unless the recent medium-term conditions improve, it's challenging to accept these prices as being reasonable.

You need to take note of risks, for example - Texwinca Holdings has 2 warning signs (and 1 which doesn't sit too well with us) we think you should know about.

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