Market Might Still Lack Some Conviction On Cyber Media Research & Services Limited (NSE:CMRSL) Even After 31% Share Price Boost

Cyber Media Research & Services Limited (NSE:CMRSL) shareholders have had their patience rewarded with a 31% share price jump in the last month. The last 30 days bring the annual gain to a very sharp 53%.

Even after such a large jump in price, given about half the companies in India have price-to-earnings ratios (or "P/E's") above 33x, you may still consider Cyber Media Research & Services as a highly attractive investment with its 14.5x P/E ratio. Nonetheless, we'd need to dig a little deeper to determine if there is a rational basis for the highly reduced P/E.

Cyber Media Research & Services certainly has been doing a great job lately as it's been growing earnings at a really rapid pace. 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 Cyber Media Research & Services?

There's an inherent assumption that a company should far underperform the market for P/E ratios like Cyber Media Research & Services' to be considered reasonable.

Retrospectively, the last year delivered an exceptional 57% gain to the company's bottom line. The latest three year period has also seen an excellent 512% 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.

Weighing that recent medium-term earnings trajectory against the broader market's one-year forecast for expansion of 25% shows it's noticeably more attractive on an annualised basis.

In light of this, it's peculiar that Cyber Media Research & Services' P/E sits below the majority of other companies. Apparently some shareholders believe the recent performance has exceeded its limits and have been accepting significantly lower selling prices.

The Key Takeaway

Shares in Cyber Media Research & Services are going to need a lot more upward momentum to get the company's P/E out of its slump. Using the price-to-earnings ratio alone to determine if you should sell your stock isn't sensible, however it can be a practical guide to the company's future prospects.

We've established that Cyber Media Research & Services currently trades on a much lower than expected P/E since its recent three-year growth is higher than the wider market forecast. 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. It appears many are indeed anticipating earnings instability, because the persistence of these recent medium-term conditions would normally provide a boost to the share price.

There are also other vital risk factors to consider and we've discovered 4 warning signs for Cyber Media Research & Services (2 are potentially serious!) that you should be aware of before investing here.

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