Potential Upside For Kino Polska TV Spolka Akcyjna (WSE:KPL) Not Without Risk

Kino Polska TV Spolka Akcyjna's (WSE:KPL) price-to-earnings (or "P/E") ratio of 4.7x might make it look like a strong buy right now compared to the market in Poland, where around half of the companies have P/E ratios above 13x and even P/E's above 26x are quite common. However, the P/E might be quite 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 Kino Polska TV Spolka Akcyjna as its earnings have been rising very briskly. 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 Kino Polska TV Spolka Akcyjna?

In order to justify its P/E ratio, Kino Polska TV Spolka Akcyjna would need to produce anemic growth that's substantially trailing the market.

Retrospectively, the last year delivered an exceptional 36% gain to the company's bottom line. The strong recent performance means it was also able to grow EPS by 69% in total over the last three years. Therefore, it's fair to say the earnings growth recently has been superb for the company.

This is in contrast to the rest of the market, which is expected to grow by 9.2% over the next year, materially lower than the company's recent medium-term annualised growth rates.

With this information, we find it odd that Kino Polska TV Spolka Akcyjna is trading at a P/E lower than the market. It looks like most investors are not convinced the company can maintain its recent growth rates.

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 Kino Polska TV Spolka Akcyjna 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.

And what about other risks? Every company has them, and we've spotted 2 warning signs for Kino Polska TV Spolka Akcyjna you should know about.

If P/E ratios interest you, you may wish to see this free collection of other companies with strong earnings growth and low P/E ratios.

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