IZMO Limited (NSE:IZMO) Could Be Riskier Than It Looks

IZMO Limited's (NSE:IZMO) price-to-earnings (or "P/E") ratio of 9.5x might make it look like a strong buy right now compared to the market in India, where around half of the companies have P/E ratios above 28x and even P/E's above 53x are quite common. However, the P/E might be quite low for a reason and it requires further investigation to determine if it's justified.

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Recent times have been quite advantageous for IZMO as its earnings have been rising very briskly. 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 IZMO's Growth Trending?

There's an inherent assumption that a company should far underperform the market for P/E ratios like IZMO's to be considered reasonable.

Taking a look back first, we see that the company grew earnings per share by an impressive 92% last year. The latest three year period has also seen an excellent 203% overall rise in EPS, aided by its short-term performance. Therefore, it's fair to say the earnings growth recently has been superb for the company.

This is in contrast to the rest of the market, which is expected to grow by 24% over the next year, materially lower than the company's recent medium-term annualised growth rates.

In light of this, it's peculiar that IZMO's P/E sits below the majority of other companies. Apparently some shareholders believe the recent performance has exceeded its limits and have been accepting significantly lower selling prices.

The Key Takeaway

Using the price-to-earnings ratio alone to determine if you should sell your stock isn't sensible, however it can be a practical guide to the company's future prospects.

We've established that IZMO 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. It appears many are indeed anticipating earnings instability, because the persistence of these recent medium-term conditions would normally provide a boost to the share price.

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