Optimistic Investors Push Shree Tirupati Balajee FIBC Limited (NSE:TIRUPATI) Shares Up 38% But Growth Is Lacking

Shree Tirupati Balajee FIBC Limited (NSE:TIRUPATI) shares have had a really impressive month, gaining 38% after a shaky period beforehand. Not all shareholders will be feeling jubilant, since the share price is still down a very disappointing 13% in the last twelve months.

Following the firm bounce in price, Shree Tirupati Balajee FIBC may be sending very bearish signals at the moment with a price-to-earnings (or "P/E") ratio of 57.5x, since almost half of all companies in India have P/E ratios under 27x and even P/E's lower than 15x are not unusual. However, the P/E might be quite high for a reason and it requires further investigation to determine if it's justified.

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We'd have to say that with no tangible growth over the last year, Shree Tirupati Balajee FIBC's earnings have been unimpressive. It might be that many are expecting an improvement to the uninspiring earnings performance over the coming period, which has kept the P/E from collapsing. If not, then existing shareholders may be a little nervous about the viability of the share price.

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What Are Growth Metrics Telling Us About The High P/E?

There's an inherent assumption that a company should far outperform the market for P/E ratios like Shree Tirupati Balajee FIBC's to be considered reasonable.

If we review the last year of earnings, the company posted a result that saw barely any deviation from a year ago. Still, the latest three year period has seen an excellent 105% overall rise in EPS, in spite of its uninspiring short-term performance. Accordingly, shareholders would have probably welcomed those medium-term rates of earnings growth.

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

With this information, we find it interesting that Shree Tirupati Balajee FIBC is trading at a high P/E compared to the market. Apparently many investors in the company are more bullish than recent times would indicate and aren't willing to let go of their stock right now. Although, additional gains will be difficult to achieve as a continuation of recent earnings trends would weigh down the share price eventually.

The Bottom Line On Shree Tirupati Balajee FIBC's P/E

Shree Tirupati Balajee FIBC's P/E is flying high just like its stock has during the last month. 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 Shree Tirupati Balajee FIBC currently trades on a higher than expected P/E since its recent three-year growth is only in line with the wider market forecast. Right now we are uncomfortable with the high P/E as this earnings performance isn't likely to support such positive sentiment for long. Unless the recent medium-term conditions improve, it's challenging to accept these prices as being reasonable.

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