Logintrade S.A. (WSE:LGT) Doing What It Can To Lift Shares

With a price-to-earnings (or "P/E") ratio of 9.4x Logintrade S.A. (WSE:LGT) may be sending bullish signals at the moment, given that almost half of all companies in Poland have P/E ratios greater than 14x and even P/E's higher than 28x are not unusual. Although, it's not wise to just take the P/E at face value as there may be an explanation why it's limited.

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Logintrade certainly has been doing a great job lately as it's been growing earnings at a really rapid pace. 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 Logintrade?

In order to justify its P/E ratio, Logintrade would need to produce sluggish growth that's trailing the market.

Retrospectively, the last year delivered an exceptional 79% gain to the company's bottom line. The latest three year period has also seen an excellent 241% overall rise in EPS, aided by its short-term performance. Accordingly, shareholders would have probably welcomed those medium-term rates of earnings growth.

Comparing that to the market, which is only predicted to deliver 19% growth in the next 12 months, the company's momentum is stronger based on recent medium-term annualised earnings results.

With this information, we find it odd that Logintrade 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.

The Bottom Line On Logintrade's P/E

While the price-to-earnings ratio shouldn't be the defining factor in whether you buy a stock or not, it's quite a capable barometer of earnings expectations.

We've established that Logintrade currently trades on a much lower than expected P/E since its recent three-year growth is higher than the wider market forecast. When we see strong earnings with faster-than-market growth, we assume potential risks are what might be placing significant pressure on the P/E ratio. 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.

It is also worth noting that we have found 4 warning signs for Logintrade (2 can't be ignored!) that you need to take into consideration.

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