AMJ Land Holdings Limited's (NSE:AMJLAND) Shares Leap 26% Yet They're Still Not Telling The Full Story

AMJ Land Holdings Limited (NSE:AMJLAND) shares have continued their recent momentum with a 26% gain in the last month alone. The last 30 days bring the annual gain to a very sharp 73%.

Although its price has surged higher, AMJ Land Holdings may still be sending bullish signals at the moment with its price-to-earnings (or "P/E") ratio of 18.3x, since almost half of all companies in India have P/E ratios greater than 34x and even P/E's higher than 68x are not unusual. Nonetheless, we'd need to dig a little deeper to determine if there is a rational basis for the reduced P/E.

With earnings growth that's exceedingly strong of late, AMJ Land Holdings has been doing very well. 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.

Check out our latest analysis for AMJ Land Holdings

Although there are no analyst estimates available for AMJ Land Holdings, take a look at this free data-rich visualisation to see how the company stacks up on earnings, revenue and cash flow.

How Is AMJ Land Holdings' Growth Trending?

In order to justify its P/E ratio, AMJ Land Holdings would need to produce sluggish growth that's trailing the market.

Taking a look back first, we see that the company grew earnings per share by an impressive 63% last year. The strong recent performance means it was also able to grow EPS by 151% in total over the last three years. So we can start by confirming that the company has done a great job of growing earnings over that time.

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 peculiar that AMJ Land Holdings' P/E sits below the majority of other companies. It looks like most investors are not convinced the company can maintain its recent growth rates.

The Key Takeaway

The latest share price surge wasn't enough to lift AMJ Land Holdings' P/E close to the market median. It's argued the price-to-earnings ratio is an inferior measure of value within certain industries, but it can be a powerful business sentiment indicator.

We've established that AMJ Land Holdings currently trades on a much lower than expected P/E since its recent three-year growth is higher than the wider market forecast. There could be some major unobserved threats to earnings preventing the P/E ratio from matching this positive performance. At least price risks look to be very low if recent medium-term earnings trends continue, but investors seem to think future earnings could see a lot of volatility.

Having said that, be aware AMJ Land Holdings is showing 3 warning signs in our investment analysis, you should know about.

Of course, you might find a fantastic investment by looking at a few good candidates. So take a peek at this free list of companies with a strong growth track record, trading on a low P/E.

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