Bravura Solutions Limited's (ASX:BVS) Price Is Right But Growth Is Lacking

With a price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of 2x Bravura Solutions Limited (ASX:BVS) may be sending bullish signals at the moment, given that almost half of all the Software companies in Australia have P/S ratios greater than 2.7x and even P/S higher than 7x are not unusual. Although, it's not wise to just take the P/S at face value as there may be an explanation why it's limited.

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How Bravura Solutions Has Been Performing

Recent times haven't been great for Bravura Solutions as its revenue has been rising slower than most other companies. It seems that many are expecting the uninspiring revenue performance to persist, which has repressed the growth of the P/S ratio. If you still like the company, you'd be hoping revenue doesn't get any worse and that you could pick up some stock while it's out of favour.

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How Is Bravura Solutions' Revenue Growth Trending?

Bravura Solutions' P/S ratio would be typical for a company that's only expected to deliver limited growth, and importantly, perform worse than the industry.

Taking a look back first, we see that the company managed to grow revenues by a handy 2.8% last year. However, due to its less than impressive performance prior to this period, revenue growth is practically non-existent over the last three years overall. Accordingly, shareholders probably wouldn't have been overly satisfied with the unstable medium-term growth rates.

Turning to the outlook, the next three years should generate growth of 1.3% each year as estimated by the six analysts watching the company. Meanwhile, the rest of the industry is forecast to expand by 20% each year, which is noticeably more attractive.

With this in consideration, its clear as to why Bravura Solutions' P/S is falling short industry peers. It seems most investors are expecting to see limited future growth and are only willing to pay a reduced amount for the stock.

The Bottom Line On Bravura Solutions' P/S

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

As we suspected, our examination of Bravura Solutions' analyst forecasts revealed that its inferior revenue outlook is contributing to its low P/S. Right now shareholders are accepting the low P/S as they concede future revenue probably won't provide any pleasant surprises. It's hard to see the share price rising strongly in the near future under these circumstances.

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