Yahoo Finance What Is Bingo Industries's (ASX:BIN) P/E Ratio After Its Share Price Rocketed?
Bingo Industries (ASX:BIN) shareholders are no doubt pleased to see that the share price has had a great month, posting a 31% gain, recovering from prior weakness. The full year gain of 21% is pretty reasonable, too.
All else being equal, a sharp share price increase should make a stock less attractive to potential investors. In the long term, share prices tend to follow earnings per share, but in the short term prices bounce around in response to short term factors (which are not always obvious). So some would prefer to hold off buying when there is a lot of optimism towards a stock. Perhaps the simplest way to get a read on investors' expectations of a business is to look at its Price to Earnings Ratio (PE Ratio). Investors have optimistic expectations of companies with higher P/E ratios, compared to companies with lower P/E ratios.
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How Does Bingo Industries's P/E Ratio Compare To Its Peers?
Bingo Industries's P/E of 72.14 indicates some degree of optimism towards the stock. You can see in the image below that the average P/E (18.9) for companies in the commercial services industry is a lot lower than Bingo Industries's P/E.
Its relatively high P/E ratio indicates that Bingo Industries shareholders think it will perform better than other companies in its industry classification. Clearly the market expects growth, but it isn't guaranteed. So investors should always consider the P/E ratio alongside other factors, such as whether company directors have been buying shares.
How Growth Rates Impact P/E Ratios
Companies that shrink earnings per share quickly will rapidly decrease the 'E' in the equation. Therefore, even if you pay a low multiple of earnings now, that multiple will become higher in the future. Then, a higher P/E might scare off shareholders, pushing the share price down.
Bingo Industries shrunk earnings per share by 61% over the last year. And EPS is down 4.9% a year, over the last 3 years. This growth rate might warrant a low P/E ratio.
Don't Forget: The P/E Does Not Account For Debt or Bank Deposits
One drawback of using a P/E ratio is that it considers market capitalization, but not the balance sheet. Thus, the metric does not reflect cash or debt held by the company. Hypothetically, a company could reduce its future P/E ratio by spending its cash (or taking on debt) to achieve higher earnings.
Spending on growth might be good or bad a few years later, but the point is that the P/E ratio does not account for the option (or lack thereof).
Is Debt Impacting Bingo Industries's P/E?
Bingo Industries's net debt is 14% of its market cap. That's enough debt to impact the P/E ratio a little; so keep it in mind if you're comparing it to companies without debt.
The Bottom Line On Bingo Industries's P/E Ratio
Bingo Industries's P/E is 72.1 which suggests the market is more focussed on the future opportunity rather than the current level of earnings. With a bit of debt, but a lack of recent growth, it's safe to say the market is expecting improved profit performance from the company, in the next few years. What is very clear is that the market has become significantly more optimistic about Bingo Industries over the last month, with the P/E ratio rising from 55.1 back then to 72.1 today. If you like to buy stocks that have recently impressed the market, then this one might be a candidate; but if you prefer to invest when there is 'blood in the streets', then you may feel the opportunity has passed.
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