A Piece Of The Puzzle Missing From SHOBIDO Corporation's (TSE:7819) 27% Share Price Climb

Despite an already strong run, SHOBIDO Corporation (TSE:7819) shares have been powering on, with a gain of 27% in the last thirty days. The last 30 days bring the annual gain to a very sharp 60%.

In spite of the firm bounce in price, you could still be forgiven for feeling indifferent about SHOBIDO's P/E ratio of 12.8x, since the median price-to-earnings (or "P/E") ratio in Japan is also close to 15x. While this might not raise any eyebrows, if the P/E ratio is not justified investors could be missing out on a potential opportunity or ignoring looming disappointment.

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SHOBIDO certainly has been doing a great job lately as it's been growing earnings at a really rapid pace. The P/E is probably moderate because investors think this strong earnings growth might not be enough to outperform 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 not quite in favour.

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Is There Some Growth For SHOBIDO?

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

Taking a look back first, we see that the company grew earnings per share by an impressive 51% last year. Pleasingly, EPS has also lifted 74% in aggregate from three years ago, thanks to the last 12 months of growth. 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 11% growth in the next 12 months, the company's momentum is stronger based on recent medium-term annualised earnings results.

With this information, we find it interesting that SHOBIDO is trading at a fairly similar P/E to the market. It may be that most investors are not convinced the company can maintain its recent growth rates.

The Bottom Line On SHOBIDO's P/E

SHOBIDO appears to be back in favour with a solid price jump getting its P/E back in line with most other companies. 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.

Our examination of SHOBIDO revealed its three-year earnings trends aren't contributing to its P/E as much as we would have predicted, given they look better than current market expectations. There could be some unobserved threats to earnings preventing the P/E ratio from matching this positive performance. At least the risk of a price drop looks to be subdued if recent medium-term earnings trends continue, but investors seem to think future earnings could see some volatility.

You always need to take note of risks, for example - SHOBIDO has 1 warning sign we think you should be aware of.

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