Lion One Metals Limited's (CVE:LIO) Share Price Is Matching Sentiment Around Its Revenues

You may think that with a price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of 1.8x Lion One Metals Limited (CVE:LIO) is definitely a stock worth checking out, seeing as almost half of all the Metals and Mining companies in Canada have P/S ratios greater than 4.4x and even P/S above 29x aren't out of the ordinary. However, the P/S might be quite low for a reason and it requires further investigation to determine if it's justified.

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How Lion One Metals Has Been Performing

Recent times have been quite advantageous for Lion One Metals as its revenue has been rising very briskly. It might be that many expect the strong revenue performance to degrade substantially, which has repressed the P/S ratio. 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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Is There Any Revenue Growth Forecasted For Lion One Metals?

In order to justify its P/S ratio, Lion One Metals would need to produce anemic growth that's substantially trailing the industry.

Retrospectively, the last year delivered an explosive gain to the company's top line. Although, its longer-term performance hasn't been anywhere near as strong with three-year revenue growth being relatively non-existent overall. So it appears to us that the company has had a mixed result in terms of growing revenue over that time.

Comparing that to the industry, which is predicted to deliver 40% growth in the next 12 months, the company's momentum is weaker, based on recent medium-term annualised revenue results.

In light of this, it's understandable that Lion One Metals' P/S sits below the majority of other companies. Apparently many shareholders weren't comfortable holding on to something they believe will continue to trail the wider industry.

The Final Word

While the price-to-sales ratio shouldn't be the defining factor in whether you buy a stock or not, it's quite a capable barometer of revenue expectations.

In line with expectations, Lion One Metals maintains its low P/S on the weakness of its recent three-year growth being lower than the wider industry forecast. At this stage investors feel the potential for an improvement in revenue isn't great enough to justify a higher P/S ratio. Unless the recent medium-term conditions improve, they will continue to form a barrier for the share price around these levels.

Having said that, be aware Lion One Metals is showing 3 warning signs in our investment analysis, and 2 of those are a bit concerning.

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