Grupo Rotoplas S.A.B. de C.V.'s (BMV:AGUA) Popularity With Investors Is Clear

When close to half the companies in Mexico have price-to-earnings ratios (or "P/E's") below 13x, you may consider Grupo Rotoplas S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV:AGUA) as a stock to avoid entirely with its 20.7x P/E ratio. However, the P/E might be quite high for a reason and it requires further investigation to determine if it's justified.

Grupo Rotoplas. de certainly has been doing a good job lately as it's been growing earnings more than most other companies. The P/E is probably high because investors think this strong earnings performance will continue. You'd really hope so, otherwise you're paying a pretty hefty price for no particular reason.

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How Is Grupo Rotoplas. de's Growth Trending?

The only time you'd be truly comfortable seeing a P/E as steep as Grupo Rotoplas. de's is when the company's growth is on track to outshine the market decidedly.

Retrospectively, the last year delivered an exceptional 32% gain to the company's bottom line. As a result, it also grew EPS by 14% in total over the last three years. So we can start by confirming that the company has actually done a good job of growing earnings over that time.

Looking ahead now, EPS is anticipated to climb by 45% per annum during the coming three years according to the dual analysts following the company. That's shaping up to be materially higher than the 9.5% per annum growth forecast for the broader market.

With this information, we can see why Grupo Rotoplas. de is trading at such a high P/E compared to the market. Apparently shareholders aren't keen to offload something that is potentially eyeing a more prosperous future.

The Key Takeaway

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.

We've established that Grupo Rotoplas. de maintains its high P/E on the strength of its forecast growth being higher than the wider market, as expected. At this stage investors feel the potential for a deterioration in earnings isn't great enough to justify a lower P/E ratio. It's hard to see the share price falling strongly in the near future under these circumstances.

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