Investors Appear Satisfied With Uno Minda Limited's (NSE:UNOMINDA) Prospects

When close to half the companies in India have price-to-earnings ratios (or "P/E's") below 29x, you may consider Uno Minda Limited (NSE:UNOMINDA) as a stock to avoid entirely with its 61.5x P/E ratio. However, the P/E might be quite high for a reason and it requires further investigation to determine if it's justified.

Recent times have been advantageous for Uno Minda as its earnings have been rising faster than most other companies. It seems that many are expecting the strong earnings performance to persist, which has raised the P/E. If not, then existing shareholders might be a little nervous about the viability of the share price.

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Does Growth Match The High P/E?

Uno Minda'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.

Taking a look back first, we see that the company grew earnings per share by an impressive 25% last year. The latest three year period has also seen an excellent 136% overall rise in EPS, aided by its short-term performance. Therefore, it's fair to say the earnings growth recently has been superb for the company.

Turning to the outlook, the next three years should generate growth of 28% per year as estimated by the 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 Uno Minda'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 Final Word

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 Uno Minda 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. Unless these conditions change, they will continue to provide strong support to the share price.

We don't want to rain on the parade too much, but we did also find 1 warning sign for Uno Minda that you need to be mindful of.

If you're unsure about the strength of Uno Minda's business, why not explore our interactive list of stocks with solid business fundamentals for some other companies you may have missed.

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