PesoRama Inc. (CVE:PESO) Soars 34% But It's A Story Of Risk Vs Reward

Despite an already strong run, PesoRama Inc. (CVE:PESO) shares have been powering on, with a gain of 34% in the last thirty days. The annual gain comes to 104% following the latest surge, making investors sit up and take notice.

Even after such a large jump in price, there still wouldn't be many who think PesoRama's price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of 1.6x is worth a mention when the median P/S in Canada's Specialty Retail industry is similar at about 1.5x. Although, it's not wise to simply ignore the P/S without explanation as investors may be disregarding a distinct opportunity or a costly mistake.

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How Has PesoRama Performed Recently?

PesoRama has been doing a decent job lately as it's been growing revenue at a reasonable pace. One possibility is that the P/S is moderate because investors think this good revenue growth might only be parallel to the broader industry in the near future. If not, then at least existing shareholders probably aren't too pessimistic about the future direction of the share price.

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Is There Some Revenue Growth Forecasted For PesoRama?

In order to justify its P/S ratio, PesoRama would need to produce growth that's similar to the industry.

Retrospectively, the last year delivered a decent 4.9% gain to the company's revenues. This was backed up an excellent period prior to see revenue up by 120% in total over the last three years. Therefore, it's fair to say the revenue growth recently has been superb for the company.

Comparing that recent medium-term revenue trajectory with the industry's one-year growth forecast of 14% shows it's noticeably more attractive.

In light of this, it's curious that PesoRama's P/S sits in line with the majority of other companies. Apparently some shareholders believe the recent performance is at its limits and have been accepting lower selling prices.

The Bottom Line On PesoRama's P/S

PesoRama's stock has a lot of momentum behind it lately, which has brought its P/S level with the rest of the industry. Typically, we'd caution against reading too much into price-to-sales ratios when settling on investment decisions, though it can reveal plenty about what other market participants think about the company.

We didn't quite envision PesoRama's P/S sitting in line with the wider industry, considering the revenue growth over the last three-year is higher than the current industry outlook. There could be some unobserved threats to revenue preventing the P/S ratio from matching this positive performance. At least the risk of a price drop looks to be subdued if recent medium-term revenue trends continue, but investors seem to think future revenue could see some volatility.

We don't want to rain on the parade too much, but we did also find 4 warning signs for PesoRama (3 are a bit concerning!) that you need to be mindful of.

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