Positive Sentiment Still Eludes LOT VACUUM Co., Ltd. (KOSDAQ:083310) Following 27% Share Price Slump

Unfortunately for some shareholders, the LOT VACUUM Co., Ltd. (KOSDAQ:083310) share price has dived 27% in the last thirty days, prolonging recent pain. The recent drop completes a disastrous twelve months for shareholders, who are sitting on a 54% loss during that time.

Since its price has dipped substantially, given about half the companies in Korea have price-to-earnings ratios (or "P/E's") above 11x, you may consider LOT VACUUM as a highly attractive investment with its 4x P/E ratio. Nonetheless, we'd need to dig a little deeper to determine if there is a rational basis for the highly reduced P/E.

Recent times have been quite advantageous for LOT VACUUM as its earnings have been rising very briskly. 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.

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Does Growth Match The Low P/E?

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

Retrospectively, the last year delivered an exceptional 41% gain to the company's bottom line. The strong recent performance means it was also able to grow EPS by 578% in total over the last three years. Accordingly, shareholders would have probably welcomed those medium-term rates of earnings growth.

This is in contrast to the rest of the market, which is expected to grow by 31% over the next year, materially lower than the company's recent medium-term annualised growth rates.

With this information, we find it odd that LOT VACUUM is trading at a P/E lower than the market. Apparently some shareholders believe the recent performance has exceeded its limits and have been accepting significantly lower selling prices.

What We Can Learn From LOT VACUUM's P/E?

Having almost fallen off a cliff, LOT VACUUM's share price has pulled its P/E way down as well. 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 LOT VACUUM 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.

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

If these risks are making you reconsider your opinion on LOT VACUUM, explore our interactive list of high quality stocks to get an idea of what else is out there.

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