Eddy wrote:...look at their market and also the number of shares and remember even here in Kenya results are not the main thing ...
@Eddy, under the existing market conditions PW has been able to achieve the following DECLINING PROFITS in the past 5 years. What makes you thing that going forward the market will significantly change in their favour
2007 - Tzs 5,533,703,000
2008 - Tzs 1,662,395,000
2009 - Tzs 2,871,190,000
2010 - Tzs 2,788,108,000
2011 - Tzs -1,666,301,000 (Ouch, a loss that the auditors had to inform us but PW management wanted to put it as a profit of Tzs 1,285,115,000)
With the number of shares, their PE ratio in 2011 would be 50 if we were to go with management accounts and it would be VERY BAAAAAD if we were to go with the audited accounts.
And FYI, financial performance is one of the key consideration in analysing the viability of an investment
(Check what stocksmaster wrote in post #43)