Benign Growth For Eupe Corporation Berhad (KLSE:EUPE) Underpins Its Share Price

With a price-to-earnings (or "P/E") ratio of 4.7x Eupe Corporation Berhad (KLSE:EUPE) may be sending very bullish signals at the moment, given that almost half of all companies in Malaysia have P/E ratios greater than 16x and even P/E's higher than 29x are not unusual. Nonetheless, we'd need to dig a little deeper to determine if there is a rational basis for the highly reduced P/E.

With earnings growth that's exceedingly strong of late, Eupe Corporation Berhad has been doing very well. It might be that many expect the strong earnings performance to degrade substantially, which has repressed the P/E. If that doesn't eventuate, then existing shareholders have reason to be quite optimistic about the future direction of the share price.

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Is There Any Growth For Eupe Corporation Berhad?

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

Taking a look back first, we see that the company grew earnings per share by an impressive 46% last year. However, this wasn't enough as the latest three year period has seen a very unpleasant 30% drop in EPS in aggregate. Accordingly, shareholders would have felt downbeat about the medium-term rates of earnings growth.

In contrast to the company, the rest of the market is expected to grow by 17% over the next year, which really puts the company's recent medium-term earnings decline into perspective.

In light of this, it's understandable that Eupe Corporation Berhad's P/E would sit below the majority of other companies. Nonetheless, there's no guarantee the P/E has reached a floor yet with earnings going in reverse. Even just maintaining these prices could be difficult to achieve as recent earnings trends are already weighing down the shares.

The Final Word

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.

As we suspected, our examination of Eupe Corporation Berhad revealed its shrinking earnings over the medium-term are contributing to its low P/E, given the market is set to grow. Right now shareholders are accepting the low P/E as they concede future earnings probably won't provide any pleasant surprises. If recent medium-term earnings trends continue, it's hard to see the share price moving strongly in either direction in the near future under these circumstances.

We don't want to rain on the parade too much, but we did also find 3 warning signs for Eupe Corporation Berhad (1 is significant!) that you need to be mindful 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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