Little Excitement Around Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Corporation's (TSE:3289) Earnings

When close to half the companies in Japan have price-to-earnings ratios (or "P/E's") above 15x, you may consider Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Corporation (TSE:3289) as an attractive investment with its 10.1x P/E ratio. Although, it's not wise to just take the P/E at face value as there may be an explanation why it's limited.

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With earnings growth that's superior to most other companies of late, Tokyu Fudosan Holdings has been doing relatively well. One possibility is that the P/E is low because investors think this strong earnings performance might be less impressive moving forward. If not, then existing shareholders have reason to be quite optimistic about the future direction of the share price.

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

In order to justify its P/E ratio, Tokyu Fudosan 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 43% last year. The strong recent performance means it was also able to grow EPS by 81% in total over the last three years. Therefore, it's fair to say the earnings growth recently has been superb for the company.

Looking ahead now, EPS is anticipated to climb by 2.9% per year during the coming three years according to the ten analysts following the company. Meanwhile, the rest of the market is forecast to expand by 9.4% per annum, which is noticeably more attractive.

With this information, we can see why Tokyu Fudosan Holdings is trading at a P/E lower than the market. Apparently many shareholders weren't comfortable holding on while the company is potentially eyeing a less prosperous future.

The Final Word

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.

We've established that Tokyu Fudosan Holdings maintains its low P/E on the weakness of its forecast growth being lower than the wider market, as expected. Right now shareholders are accepting the low P/E as they concede future earnings probably won't provide any pleasant surprises. It's hard to see the share price rising strongly in the near future under these circumstances.

Don't forget that there may be other risks. For instance, we've identified 2 warning signs for Tokyu Fudosan Holdings (1 is potentially serious) you should be aware of.

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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