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Market Participants Recognise Entegris, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:ENTG) Earnings

Simply Wall St·03/03/2025 10:07:06
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With a price-to-earnings (or "P/E") ratio of 52.2x Entegris, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENTG) may be sending very bearish signals at the moment, given that almost half of all companies in the United States have P/E ratios under 17x and even P/E's lower than 10x are not unusual. Nonetheless, we'd need to dig a little deeper to determine if there is a rational basis for the highly elevated P/E.

With earnings growth that's superior to most other companies of late, Entegris has been doing relatively well. It seems that many are expecting the strong earnings performance to persist, which has raised the P/E. If not, then existing shareholders might be a little nervous about the viability of the share price.

See our latest analysis for Entegris

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NasdaqGS:ENTG Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry March 3rd 2025
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What Are Growth Metrics Telling Us About The High P/E?

The only time you'd be truly comfortable seeing a P/E as steep as Entegris' is when the company's growth is on track to outshine the market decidedly.

Retrospectively, the last year delivered an exceptional 61% gain to the company's bottom line. Despite this strong recent growth, it's still struggling to catch up as its three-year EPS frustratingly shrank by 36% overall. Accordingly, shareholders would have felt downbeat about the medium-term rates of earnings growth.

Turning to the outlook, the next three years should generate growth of 22% per year as estimated by the nine analysts watching the company. With the market only predicted to deliver 11% per annum, the company is positioned for a stronger earnings result.

With this information, we can see why Entegris is trading at such a high P/E compared to the market. It seems most investors are expecting this strong future growth and are willing to pay more for the stock.

What We Can Learn From Entegris' P/E?

Generally, our preference is to limit the use of the price-to-earnings ratio to establishing what the market thinks about the overall health of a company.

We've established that Entegris maintains its high P/E on the strength of its forecast growth being higher than the wider market, as expected. Right now shareholders are comfortable with the P/E as they are quite confident future earnings aren't under threat. It's hard to see the share price falling strongly in the near future under these circumstances.

Before you take the next step, you should know about the 1 warning sign for Entegris that we have uncovered.

If these risks are making you reconsider your opinion on Entegris, explore our interactive list of high quality stocks to get an idea of what else is out there.

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