Moksh Ornaments Limited's (NSE:MOKSH) Share Price Boosted 27% But Its Business Prospects Need A Lift Too

Moksh Ornaments Limited (NSE:MOKSH) shareholders would be excited to see that the share price has had a great month, posting a 27% gain and recovering from prior weakness. Looking back a bit further, it's encouraging to see the stock is up 60% in the last year.

In spite of the firm bounce in price, Moksh Ornaments may still be sending very bullish signals at the moment with its price-to-earnings (or "P/E") ratio of 14x, since almost half of all companies in India have P/E ratios greater than 32x and even P/E's higher than 59x are not unusual. Although, it's not wise to just take the P/E at face value as there may be an explanation why it's so limited.

With earnings growth that's exceedingly strong of late, Moksh Ornaments has been doing very well. It might be that many expect the strong earnings performance to degrade substantially, which has repressed the P/E. If that doesn't eventuate, then existing shareholders have reason to be quite optimistic about the future direction of the share price.

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How Is Moksh Ornaments' Growth Trending?

Moksh Ornaments' P/E ratio would be typical for a company that's expected to deliver very poor growth or even falling earnings, and importantly, perform much worse than the market.

If we review the last year of earnings growth, the company posted a terrific increase of 46%. The latest three year period has also seen an excellent 72% overall rise in EPS, aided by its short-term performance. So we can start by confirming that the company has done a great job of growing earnings over that time.

This is in contrast to the rest of the market, which is expected to grow by 25% over the next year, materially higher than the company's recent medium-term annualised growth rates.

In light of this, it's understandable that Moksh Ornaments' P/E sits below the majority of other companies. Apparently many shareholders weren't comfortable holding on to something they believe will continue to trail the bourse.

What We Can Learn From Moksh Ornaments' P/E?

Even after such a strong price move, Moksh Ornaments' P/E still trails the rest of the market significantly. While the price-to-earnings ratio shouldn't be the defining factor in whether you buy a stock or not, it's quite a capable barometer of earnings expectations.

As we suspected, our examination of Moksh Ornaments revealed its three-year earnings trends are contributing to its low P/E, given they look worse than current market expectations. Right now shareholders are accepting the low P/E as they concede future earnings probably won't provide any pleasant surprises. If recent medium-term earnings trends continue, it's hard to see the share price rising strongly in the near future under these circumstances.

You should always think about risks. Case in point, we've spotted 2 warning signs for Moksh Ornaments you should be aware of, and 1 of them is potentially serious.

Of course, you might also be able to find a better stock than Moksh Ornaments. So you may wish to see this free collection of other companies that have reasonable P/E ratios and have grown earnings strongly.

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