Market Participants Recognise Fractal Gaming Group AB (publ)'s (STO:FRACTL) Earnings

There wouldn't be many who think Fractal Gaming Group AB (publ)'s (STO:FRACTL) price-to-earnings (or "P/E") ratio of 19.4x is worth a mention when the median P/E in Sweden is similar at about 20x. Although, it's not wise to simply ignore the P/E without explanation as investors may be disregarding a distinct opportunity or a costly mistake.

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While the market has experienced earnings growth lately, Fractal Gaming Group's earnings have gone into reverse gear, which is not great. It might be that many expect the dour earnings performance to strengthen positively, which has kept the P/E from falling. You'd really hope so, otherwise you're paying a relatively elevated price for a company with this sort of growth profile.

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Is There Some Growth For Fractal Gaming Group?

There's an inherent assumption that a company should be matching the market for P/E ratios like Fractal Gaming Group's to be considered reasonable.

Taking a look back first, the company's earnings per share growth last year wasn't something to get excited about as it posted a disappointing decline of 47%. At least EPS has managed not to go completely backwards from three years ago in aggregate, thanks to the earlier period of growth. Therefore, it's fair to say that earnings growth has been inconsistent recently for the company.

Shifting to the future, estimates from the only analyst covering the company suggest earnings should grow by 25% over the next year. Meanwhile, the rest of the market is forecast to expand by 26%, which is not materially different.

In light of this, it's understandable that Fractal Gaming Group's P/E sits in line with the majority of other companies. Apparently shareholders are comfortable to simply hold on while the company is keeping a low profile.

What We Can Learn From Fractal Gaming Group's P/E?

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.

As we suspected, our examination of Fractal Gaming Group's analyst forecasts revealed that its market-matching earnings outlook is contributing to its current P/E. At this stage investors feel the potential for an improvement or deterioration in earnings isn't great enough to justify a high or low P/E ratio. It's hard to see the share price moving strongly in either direction in the near future under these circumstances.

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