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The Price Is Right For Endeavour Silver Corp. (TSE:EDR) Even After Diving 35%

Endeavour Silver Corp. (TSE:EDR) shares have had a horrible month, losing 35% after a relatively good period beforehand. The drop over the last 30 days has capped off a tough year for shareholders, with the share price down 37% in that time.

In spite of the heavy fall in price, Endeavour Silver may still be sending very bearish signals at the moment with a price-to-earnings (or "P/E") ratio of 44.7x, since almost half of all companies in Canada have P/E ratios under 11x and even P/E's lower than 5x are not unusual. However, the P/E might be quite high for a reason and it requires further investigation to determine if it's justified.

While the market has experienced earnings growth lately, Endeavour Silver's earnings have gone into reverse gear, which is not great. It might be that many expect the dour earnings performance to recover substantially, which has kept the P/E from collapsing. You'd really hope so, otherwise you're paying a pretty hefty price for no particular reason.

See our latest analysis for Endeavour Silver

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If you'd like to see what analysts are forecasting going forward, you should check out our free report on Endeavour Silver.

How Is Endeavour Silver's Growth Trending?

Endeavour Silver's P/E ratio would be typical for a company that's expected to deliver very strong growth, and importantly, perform much better than the market.

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Retrospectively, the last year delivered a frustrating 58% decrease to the company's bottom line. At least EPS has managed not to go completely backwards from three years ago in aggregate, thanks to the earlier period of growth. So it appears to us that the company has had a mixed result in terms of growing earnings over that time.

Looking ahead now, EPS is anticipated to climb by 117% per year during the coming three years according to the five analysts following the company. That's shaping up to be materially higher than the 8.3% per annum growth forecast for the broader market.

With this information, we can see why Endeavour Silver 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 Endeavour Silver's P/E?

A significant share price dive has done very little to deflate Endeavour Silver's very lofty P/E. Typically, we'd caution against reading too much into price-to-earnings ratios when settling on investment decisions, though it can reveal plenty about what other market participants think about the company.

We've established that Endeavour Silver 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.

You should always think about risks. Case in point, we've spotted 4 warning signs for Endeavour Silver you should be aware of.

If P/E ratios interest you, you may wish to see this free collection of other companies that have grown earnings strongly and trade on P/E's below 20x.

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