Investors Interested In Zehnder Group AG's (VTX:ZEHN) Revenues

It's not a stretch to say that Zehnder Group AG's (VTX:ZEHN) price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of 0.8x right now seems quite "middle-of-the-road" for companies in the Building industry in Switzerland, where the median P/S ratio is around 0.9x. 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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What Does Zehnder Group's P/S Mean For Shareholders?

While the industry has experienced revenue growth lately, Zehnder Group's revenue has gone into reverse gear, which is not great. It might be that many expect the dour revenue performance to strengthen positively, which has kept the P/S from falling. If not, then existing shareholders may be a little nervous about the viability of the share price.

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How Is Zehnder Group's Revenue Growth Trending?

There's an inherent assumption that a company should be matching the industry for P/S ratios like Zehnder Group's to be considered reasonable.

In reviewing the last year of financials, we were disheartened to see the company's revenues fell to the tune of 7.4%. This has erased any of its gains during the last three years, with practically no change in revenue being achieved in total. So it appears to us that the company has had a mixed result in terms of growing revenue over that time.

Shifting to the future, estimates from the four analysts covering the company suggest revenue should grow by 4.0% per year over the next three years. That's shaping up to be similar to the 5.6% each year growth forecast for the broader industry.

With this in mind, it makes sense that Zehnder Group's P/S is closely matching its industry peers. It seems most investors are expecting to see average future growth and are only willing to pay a moderate amount for the stock.

The Bottom Line On Zehnder Group's P/S

It's argued the price-to-sales ratio is an inferior measure of value within certain industries, but it can be a powerful business sentiment indicator.

A Zehnder Group's P/S seems about right to us given the knowledge that analysts are forecasting a revenue outlook that is similar to the Building industry. Right now shareholders are comfortable with the P/S as they are quite confident future revenue won't throw up any surprises. All things considered, if the P/S and revenue estimates contain no major shocks, then it's hard to see the share price moving strongly in either direction in the near future.

And what about other risks? Every company has them, and we've spotted 3 warning signs for Zehnder Group you should know about.

Of course, profitable companies with a history of great earnings growth are generally safer bets. So you may wish to see this free collection of other companies that have reasonable P/E ratios and have grown earnings strongly.

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