The Market Lifts Tara Chand Logistic Solutions Limited (NSE:TARACHAND) Shares 26% But It Can Do More

Tara Chand Logistic Solutions Limited (NSE:TARACHAND) shareholders have had their patience rewarded with a 26% share price jump in the last month. Unfortunately, the gains of the last month did little to right the losses of the last year with the stock still down 21% over that time.

Even after such a large jump in price, Tara Chand Logistic Solutions may still be sending bullish signals at the moment with its price-to-earnings (or "P/E") ratio of 22.6x, since almost half of all companies in India have P/E ratios greater than 30x and even P/E's higher than 57x are not unusual. However, the P/E might be low for a reason and it requires further investigation to determine if it's justified.

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With earnings growth that's exceedingly strong of late, Tara Chand Logistic Solutions has been doing very well. One possibility is that the P/E is low because investors think this strong earnings growth might actually underperform the broader market in the near future. 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 Tara Chand Logistic Solutions?

There's an inherent assumption that a company should underperform the market for P/E ratios like Tara Chand Logistic Solutions' to be considered reasonable.

Retrospectively, the last year delivered an exceptional 39% gain to the company's bottom line. The strong recent performance means it was also able to grow EPS by 841% in total over the last three years. Accordingly, shareholders would have probably welcomed those medium-term rates of earnings growth.

This is in contrast to the rest of the market, which is expected to grow by 23% over the next year, materially lower than the company's recent medium-term annualised growth rates.

With this information, we find it odd that Tara Chand Logistic Solutions is trading at a P/E lower than the market. It looks like most investors are not convinced the company can maintain its recent growth rates.

The Key Takeaway

The latest share price surge wasn't enough to lift Tara Chand Logistic Solutions' P/E close to the market median. 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.

Our examination of Tara Chand Logistic Solutions revealed its three-year earnings trends aren't contributing to its P/E anywhere near as much as we would have predicted, given they look better than current market expectations. When we see strong earnings with faster-than-market growth, we assume potential risks are what might be placing significant pressure on the P/E ratio. At least price risks look to be very low if recent medium-term earnings trends continue, but investors seem to think future earnings could see a lot of volatility.

Before you settle on your opinion, we've discovered 4 warning signs for Tara Chand Logistic Solutions (1 is concerning!) that you should be aware of.

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