Market Cool On SoftwareOne Holding AG's (VTX:SWON) Revenues

With a median price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of close to 1.6x in the Electronic industry in Switzerland, you could be forgiven for feeling indifferent about SoftwareOne Holding AG's (VTX:SWON) P/S ratio of 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 SoftwareOne Holding Performed Recently?

Recent revenue growth for SoftwareOne Holding has been in line with the industry. It seems that many are expecting the mediocre revenue performance to persist, which has held the P/S ratio back. If this is the case, then at least existing shareholders won't be losing sleep over the current share price.

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

The only time you'd be comfortable seeing a P/S like SoftwareOne Holding's is when the company's growth is tracking the industry closely.

If we review the last year of revenue, the company posted a result that saw barely any deviation from a year ago. Still, the latest three year period was better as it's delivered a decent 11% overall rise in revenue. 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 five analysts covering the company suggest revenue should grow by 24% each year over the next three years. With the industry only predicted to deliver 14% each year, the company is positioned for a stronger revenue result.

With this in consideration, we find it intriguing that SoftwareOne Holding's P/S is closely matching its industry peers. Apparently some shareholders are skeptical of the forecasts and have been accepting lower selling prices.

The Bottom Line On SoftwareOne 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.

Despite enticing revenue growth figures that outpace the industry, SoftwareOne Holding's P/S isn't quite what we'd expect. When we see a strong revenue outlook, with growth outpacing the industry, we can only assume potential uncertainty around these figures are what might be placing slight pressure on the P/S ratio. This uncertainty seems to be reflected in the share price which, while stable, could be higher given the revenue forecasts.

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