T. Rowe Price trades at $105.62 per share and has stayed right on track with the overall market, gaining 13.3% over the last six months. At the same time, the S&P 500 has returned 15.3%.
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Why Is T. Rowe Price Not Exciting?
We're sitting this one out for now. Here are two reasons there are better opportunities than TROW and a stock we'd rather own.
1. Long-Term Revenue Growth Disappoints
Examining a company’s long-term performance can provide clues about its quality. Any business can have short-term success, but a top-tier one grows for years.
Unfortunately, T. Rowe Price’s 3.9% annualized revenue growth over the last five years was sluggish. This fell short of our benchmark for the financials sector.
2. EPS Barely Growing
We track the long-term change in earnings per share (EPS) because it highlights whether a company’s growth is profitable.
T. Rowe Price’s EPS grew at a weak 1.5% compounded annual growth rate over the last five years, lower than its 3.9% annualized revenue growth. This tells us the company became less profitable on a per-share basis as it expanded.
Final Judgment
T. Rowe Price isn’t a terrible business, but it isn’t one of our picks. That said, the stock currently trades at 10.2× forward P/E (or $105.62 per share). While this valuation is reasonable, we don’t really see a big opportunity at the moment. We're pretty confident there are superior stocks to buy right now. We’d recommend looking at one of our all-time favorite software stocks.
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