Want to participate in a short research study? Help shape the future of investing tools, and you could win a $250 gift card! To the annoyance of some shareholders, Talwalkars Better Value Fitness (NSE: TALWALKARS) shares are down a considerable 37% in the last month. The recent drop has obliterated the annual return, with the share price down 11% over that period.
Assuming nothing else has changed, a lower share price makes a stock more attractive to potential buyers. In the long term, share prices tend to follow earnings per share, but in the short term, prices bounce around in response to short-term factors (which are not always obvious).
So, on certain occasions, long-term-focused investors try to take advantage of pessimistic expectations to buy shares at a better price. 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 high expectations about future growth, while a low P/E ratio means low expectations about future growth.
Does Talwalkars Better Value Fitness Have A Relatively High Or Low P/E For Its Industry?
Talwalkars Better Value Fitness’s P/E of 7.46 indicates relatively low sentiment towards the stock. The image below shows the average P/E (21.5) for companies in the hospitality industry, which is higher than Talwalkars Better Value Fitness’s P/E.
Get To Know Yourself It’s Going to be a Long Ride
Living fit (for life) is about becoming aware of your body’s fitness shortcomings and designing a lifestyle that will improve and maintain them at a high level. It’s really that simple. It’s not a get-get-ripped-up summer, then, gaining all the weight back in the fall lifestyle. Sure, there are times when a fit person may take some aspect of fitness and improve it considerably to enjoy its benefits. The thing to remember is that there is no stopping point.
This is a key concept that is so simple but so absent from most people’s lives. The fitness lifestyle never stops. It doesn’t end when you quit playing a sport, it doesn’t end when you get married, and it doesn’t end when you start your own business. There is no stopping point for those who live fit. We all have setbacks, struggles, and challenges to overcome, but we overcome them. We know these setbacks, struggles, and challenges will be overcome while living a fitness lifestyle.
In other words, we do not modify our lifestyle to deal with issues; we deal with problems while maintaining our lifestyle. As simplistic as this sounds, I’ve found that this is perhaps the hardest aspect of living fit that most people deal with. Of course, there are meals, days, and times when we do things contrary to our fitness beliefs and lives. But they are the exception, not the rule. These things are allowed into our lives as a break from the norm, as brief events that add to our lives in other ways and are worth the cost.
Some examples may be:
Eating cake with your child on their birthday – there are so many positives that come from this
Having some drinks with an old friend who needs to talk – friends are priceless, and this won’t hurt you
Enjoying cultural events by partaking in its food and beverages – many things in life can’t be replaced
So you get the picture. Living fit is not about sporting six-pack abs year-round (but it can include this) until you get married and then adopt the beer belly.
Living fit is about a lifetime of choices and actions that lead to your physical betterment as your life goes from phase to phase and relationship to relationship. The greatest thing I love about the fitness lifestyle is that it is never too late to begin. This amazing concept has changed the lives of millions, myself included, and it can do the same for you if you choose.
