After Leaping 27% Kritika Wires Limited (NSE:KRITIKA) Shares Are Not Flying Under The Radar

Kritika Wires Limited (NSE:KRITIKA) shares have continued their recent momentum with a 27% gain in the last month alone. The last 30 days were the cherry on top of the stock's 364% gain in the last year, which is nothing short of spectacular.

Since its price has surged higher, given close to half the companies in India have price-to-earnings ratios (or "P/E's") below 30x, you may consider Kritika Wires as a stock to avoid entirely with its 49.7x P/E ratio. Nonetheless, we'd need to dig a little deeper to determine if there is a rational basis for the highly elevated P/E.

Earnings have risen firmly for Kritika Wires recently, which is pleasing to see. One possibility is that the P/E is high because investors think this respectable earnings growth will be enough to outperform the broader market in the near future. If not, then existing shareholders may be a little nervous about the viability of the share price.

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Does Growth Match The High P/E?

The only time you'd be truly comfortable seeing a P/E as steep as Kritika Wires' is when the company's growth is on track to outshine the market decidedly.

Retrospectively, the last year delivered an exceptional 30% gain to the company's bottom line. Pleasingly, EPS has also lifted 2,325% in aggregate from three years ago, thanks to the last 12 months of growth. Accordingly, shareholders would have probably welcomed those medium-term rates of earnings growth.

Comparing that to the market, which is only predicted to deliver 25% growth in the next 12 months, the company's momentum is stronger based on recent medium-term annualised earnings results.

In light of this, it's understandable that Kritika Wires' P/E sits above the majority of other companies. It seems most investors are expecting this strong growth to continue and are willing to pay more for the stock.

What We Can Learn From Kritika Wires' P/E?

The strong share price surge has got Kritika Wires' P/E rushing to great heights as well. 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.

As we suspected, our examination of Kritika Wires revealed its three-year earnings trends are contributing to its high P/E, given they look better than current market expectations. At this stage investors feel the potential for a deterioration in earnings isn't great enough to justify a lower P/E ratio. Unless the recent medium-term conditions change, they will continue to provide strong support to the share price.

Before you settle on your opinion, we've discovered 2 warning signs for Kritika Wires (1 doesn't sit too well with us!) that you should be aware of.

If you're unsure about the strength of Kritika Wires' 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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