Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Limited's (NSE:KIMS) 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 Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Limited (NSE:KIMS) as a stock to avoid entirely with its 79.5x 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 so lofty.

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Recent times have been advantageous for Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences as its earnings have been rising faster than most other companies. The P/E is probably high because investors think this strong earnings performance will continue. You'd really hope so, otherwise you're paying a pretty hefty price for no particular reason.

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How Is Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences' Growth Trending?

Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences' 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.

Retrospectively, the last year delivered an exceptional 19% gain to the company's bottom line. EPS has also lifted 20% in aggregate from three years ago, mostly thanks to the last 12 months of growth. So we can start by confirming that the company has actually done a good job of growing earnings over that time.

Shifting to the future, estimates from the analysts covering the company suggest earnings should grow by 28% per annum over the next three years. That's shaping up to be materially higher than the 19% each year growth forecast for the broader market.

In light of this, it's understandable that Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences' 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 Bottom Line On Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences' P/E

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.

We've established that Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences 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.

It is also worth noting that we have found 1 warning sign for Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences that you need to take into consideration.

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