Sansera Engineering Limited's (NSE:SANSERA) Share Price Matching Investor Opinion

When close to half the companies in India have price-to-earnings ratios (or "P/E's") below 27x, you may consider Sansera Engineering Limited (NSE:SANSERA) as a stock to potentially avoid with its 38.1x P/E ratio. Although, it's not wise to just take the P/E at face value as there may be an explanation why it's as high as it is.

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Recent times haven't been advantageous for Sansera Engineering as its earnings have been rising slower than most other companies. One possibility is that the P/E is high because investors think this lacklustre earnings performance will improve markedly. If not, then existing shareholders may be very nervous about the viability of the share price.

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Is There Enough Growth For Sansera Engineering?

Sansera Engineering's P/E ratio would be typical for a company that's expected to deliver solid growth, and importantly, perform better than the market.

If we review the last year of earnings growth, the company posted a worthy increase of 7.3%. This was backed up an excellent period prior to see EPS up by 30% in total over the last three years. Accordingly, shareholders would have probably welcomed those medium-term rates of earnings growth.

Turning to the outlook, the next three years should generate growth of 25% each year as estimated by the seven analysts watching the company. 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 Sansera Engineering'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 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.

As we suspected, our examination of Sansera Engineering's analyst forecasts revealed that its superior earnings outlook is contributing to its high P/E. 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.

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