Little Excitement Around Fortuna Mining Corp.'s (TSE:FVI) Revenues

Fortuna Mining Corp.'s (TSE:FVI) price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of 1.4x might make it look like a buy right now compared to the Metals and Mining industry in Canada, where around half of the companies have P/S ratios above 2.9x and even P/S above 24x are quite common. Although, it's not wise to just take the P/S at face value as there may be an explanation why it's limited.

See our latest analysis for Fortuna Mining

How Has Fortuna Mining Performed Recently?

With revenue growth that's superior to most other companies of late, Fortuna Mining has been doing relatively well. One possibility is that the P/S ratio is low because investors think this strong revenue performance might be less impressive moving forward. If not, then existing shareholders have reason to be quite optimistic about the future direction of the share price.

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

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

Retrospectively, the last year delivered an exceptional 38% gain to the company's top line. Pleasingly, revenue has also lifted 103% in aggregate from three years ago, thanks to the last 12 months of growth. So we can start by confirming that the company has done a great job of growing revenue over that time.

Turning to the outlook, the next year should bring diminished returns, with revenue decreasing 6.3% as estimated by the dual analysts watching the company. That's not great when the rest of the industry is expected to grow by 25%.

In light of this, it's understandable that Fortuna Mining's P/S would sit below the majority of other companies. Nonetheless, there's no guarantee the P/S has reached a floor yet with revenue going in reverse. There's potential for the P/S to fall to even lower levels if the company doesn't improve its top-line growth.

The Bottom Line On Fortuna Mining's 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.

It's clear to see that Fortuna Mining maintains its low P/S on the weakness of its forecast for sliding revenue, as expected. As other companies in the industry are forecasting revenue growth, Fortuna Mining's poor outlook justifies its low P/S ratio. It's hard to see the share price rising strongly in the near future under these circumstances.

Plus, you should also learn about these 2 warning signs we've spotted with Fortuna Mining.

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