A Piece Of The Puzzle Missing From FNS TECH. Co., Ltd's (KOSDAQ:083500) 29% Share Price Climb

FNS TECH. Co., Ltd (KOSDAQ:083500) shares have had a really impressive month, gaining 29% after a shaky period beforehand. Looking back a bit further, it's encouraging to see the stock is up 49% in the last year.

Even after such a large jump in price, given about half the companies in Korea have price-to-earnings ratios (or "P/E's") above 15x, you may still consider FNS TECH as an attractive investment with its 8.6x P/E ratio. However, the P/E might be 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 FNS TECH 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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How Is FNS TECH's Growth Trending?

The only time you'd be truly comfortable seeing a P/E as low as FNS TECH's is when the company's growth is on track to lag the market.

If we review the last year of earnings growth, the company posted a terrific increase of 114%. The latest three year period has also seen an excellent 194% 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.

Weighing that recent medium-term earnings trajectory against the broader market's one-year forecast for expansion of 32% shows it's noticeably more attractive on an annualised basis.

In light of this, it's peculiar that FNS TECH's 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 Final Word

The latest share price surge wasn't enough to lift FNS TECH's P/E close to the market median. Generally, our preference is to limit the use of the price-to-earnings ratio to establishing what the market thinks about the overall health of a company.

We've established that FNS TECH 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.

Don't forget that there may be other risks. For instance, we've identified 3 warning signs for FNS TECH that you should be aware of.

If you're unsure about the strength of FNS TECH's business, why not explore our interactive list of stocks with solid business fundamentals for some other companies you may have missed.

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