Frontier Communications Parent, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:FYBR) price-to-earnings (or "P/E") ratio of 36.5x might make it look like a strong sell right now compared to the market in the United States, where around half of the companies have P/E ratios below 16x and even P/E's below 9x are quite common. Nonetheless, we'd need to dig a little deeper to determine if there is a rational basis for the highly elevated P/E.

Frontier Communications Parent has been struggling lately as its earnings have declined faster than most other companies. One possibility is that the P/E is high because investors think the company will turn things around completely and accelerate past most others in the market. If not, then existing shareholders may be very nervous about the viability of the share price.

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How Is Frontier Communications Parent's Growth Trending?

There's an inherent assumption that a company should far outperform the market for P/E ratios like Frontier Communications Parent's to be considered reasonable.

Retrospectively, the last year delivered a frustrating 60% 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. Therefore, it's fair to say that earnings growth has been inconsistent recently for the company.

The Key Takeaway

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.

Having said that, be aware Frontier Communications Parent is showing 4 warning signs in our investment analysis, and 2 of those are concerning.

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

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