Tantalus Systems Holding Inc.'s (TSE:GRID) Revenues Are Not Doing Enough For Some Investors

You may think that with a price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of 0.8x Tantalus Systems Holding Inc. (TSE:GRID) is a stock worth checking out, seeing as almost half of all the Electronic companies in Canada have P/S ratios greater than 2.6x and even P/S higher than 12x aren't out of the ordinary. 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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What Does Tantalus Systems Holding's Recent Performance Look Like?

With revenue growth that's superior to most other companies of late, Tantalus Systems Holding has been doing relatively well. Perhaps the market is expecting future revenue performance to dive, which has kept the P/S suppressed. 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?

There's an inherent assumption that a company should underperform the industry for P/S ratios like Tantalus Systems Holding's to be considered reasonable.

Taking a look back first, we see that the company grew revenue by an impressive 25% last year. The latest three year period has also seen a 30% overall rise in revenue, aided extensively by its short-term performance. Therefore, it's fair to say the revenue growth recently has been respectable for the company.

Turning to the outlook, the next three years should generate growth of 13% per year as estimated by the four analysts watching the company. Meanwhile, the rest of the industry is forecast to expand by 17% per year, which is noticeably more attractive.

With this in consideration, its clear as to why Tantalus Systems Holding's P/S is falling short industry peers. Apparently many shareholders weren't comfortable holding on while the company is potentially eyeing a less prosperous future.

What We Can Learn From Tantalus Systems Holding's P/S?

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.

As we suspected, our examination of Tantalus Systems Holding's analyst forecasts revealed that its inferior revenue outlook is contributing to its low P/S. At this stage investors feel the potential for an improvement in revenue isn't great enough to justify a higher P/S ratio. It's hard to see the share price rising strongly in the near future under these circumstances.

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