【nekusar the mindrazer precon】What Is Berry's (NASDAQ:BRY) P/E Ratio After Its Share Price Tanked?
Unfortunately for some shareholders,nekusar the mindrazer precon the
Berry
(
NASDAQ:BRY
) share price has dived 45% in the last thirty days. Given the 67% drop over the last year, some shareholders might be worried that they have become bagholders. What is a bagholder? It is a shareholder who has suffered a bad loss, but continues to hold indefinitely, without questioning their reasons for holding, even as the losses grow greater.
Assuming nothing else has changed, a lower share price makes a stock more attractive to potential buyers. While the market sentiment towards a stock is very changeable, in the long run, the share price will tend to move in the same direction as earnings per share. The implication here is that long term investors have an opportunity when expectations of a company are too low. 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). A high P/E ratio means that investors have a high expectation about future growth, while a low P/E ratio means they have low expectations about future growth.
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Does Berry Have A Relatively High Or Low P/E For Its Industry?
Berry's P/E is 7.50. You can see in the image below that the average P/E (7.5) for companies in the oil and gas industry is roughly the same as Berry's P/E.
NasdaqGS:BRY Price Estimation Relative to Market, March 10th 2020
Berry's P/E tells us that market participants think its prospects are roughly in line with its industry. If the company has better than average prospects, then the market might be underestimating it. Checking factors such as
director buying and selling
. could help you form your own view on if that will happen.
How Growth Rates Impact P/E Ratios
Earnings growth rates have a big influence on P/E ratios. Earnings growth means that in the future the 'E' will be higher. That means unless the share price increases, the P/E will reduce in a few years. A lower P/E should indicate the stock is cheap relative to others -- and that may attract buyers.
Berry saw earnings per share decrease by 37% last year.
A Limitation: P/E Ratios Ignore Debt and Cash In The Bank
It's important to note that the P/E ratio considers the market capitalization, not the enterprise value. In other words, it does not consider any debt or cash that the company may have on the balance sheet. The exact same company would hypothetically deserve a higher P/E ratio if it had a strong balance sheet, than if it had a weak one with lots of debt, because a cashed up company can spend on growth.
Such expenditure might be good or bad, in the long term, but the point here is that the balance sheet is not reflected by this ratio.
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How Does Berry's Debt Impact Its P/E Ratio?
Berry has net debt worth a very significant 124% of its market capitalization. This level of debt justifies a relatively low P/E, so remain cognizant of the debt, if you're comparing it to other stocks.
The Bottom Line On Berry's P/E Ratio
Berry trades on a P/E ratio of 7.5, which is below the US market average of 15.1. The P/E reflects market pessimism that probably arises from the lack of recent EPS growth, paired with significant leverage. Given Berry's P/E ratio has declined from 13.7 to 7.5 in the last month, we know for sure that the market is more worried about the business today, than it was back then. For those who prefer invest in growth, this stock apparently offers limited promise, but the deep value investors may find the pessimism around this stock enticing.
When the market is wrong about a stock, it gives savvy investors an opportunity. If it is underestimating a company, investors can make money by buying and holding the shares until the market corrects itself. So this
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