Potential Upside For Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits Inc. (CVE:DWS) Not Without Risk

When close to half the companies operating in the Beverage industry in Canada have price-to-sales ratios (or "P/S") above 1.5x, you may consider Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits Inc. (CVE:DWS) as an attractive investment with its 0.5x P/S ratio. Nonetheless, we'd need to dig a little deeper to determine if there is a rational basis for the reduced P/S.

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How Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits Has Been Performing

For example, consider that Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits' financial performance has been poor lately as its revenue has been in decline. One possibility is that the P/S is low because investors think the company won't do enough to avoid underperforming the broader industry in the near future. If you like the company, you'd be hoping this isn't the case so that you could potentially pick up some stock while it's out of favour.

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What Are Revenue Growth Metrics Telling Us About The Low P/S?

There's an inherent assumption that a company should underperform the industry for P/S ratios like Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits' to be considered reasonable.

Taking a look back first, the company's revenue growth last year wasn't something to get excited about as it posted a disappointing decline of 12%. That put a dampener on the good run it was having over the longer-term as its three-year revenue growth is still a noteworthy 13% in total. Although it's been a bumpy ride, it's still fair to say the revenue growth recently has been mostly respectable for the company.

Weighing that recent medium-term revenue trajectory against the broader industry's one-year forecast for expansion of 4.3% shows it's about the same on an annualised basis.

With this information, we find it odd that Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits is trading at a P/S lower than the industry. It may be that most investors are not convinced the company can maintain recent growth rates.

What We Can Learn From Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits' P/S?

Using the price-to-sales ratio alone to determine if you should sell your stock isn't sensible, however it can be a practical guide to the company's future prospects.

Our examination of Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits revealed its three-year revenue trends looking similar to current industry expectations hasn't given the P/S the boost we expected, given that it's lower than the wider industry P/S, There could be some unobserved threats to revenue preventing the P/S ratio from matching the company's performance. While recent

And what about other risks? Every company has them, and we've spotted 4 warning signs for Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits you should know about.

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