Lacklustre Performance Is Driving Jiang Su Yida Chemical Co.,Ltd's (SZSE:300721) 25% Price Drop

Jiang Su Yida Chemical Co.,Ltd (SZSE:300721) shareholders won't be pleased to see that the share price has had a very rough month, dropping 25% and undoing the prior period's positive performance. Instead of being rewarded, shareholders who have already held through the last twelve months are now sitting on a 30% share price drop.

Even after such a large drop in price, Jiang Su Yida ChemicalLtd may still be sending buy signals at present with its price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of 1x, considering almost half of all companies in the Chemicals industry in China have P/S ratios greater than 1.8x and even P/S higher than 4x aren't out of the ordinary. Although, it's not wise to just take the P/S at face value as there may be an explanation why it's limited.

See our latest analysis for Jiang Su Yida ChemicalLtd

What Does Jiang Su Yida ChemicalLtd's Recent Performance Look Like?

Jiang Su Yida ChemicalLtd has been doing a good job lately as it's been growing revenue at a solid pace. Perhaps the market is expecting this acceptable revenue performance to take a dive, which has kept the P/S suppressed. 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.

We don't have analyst forecasts, but you can see how recent trends are setting up the company for the future by checking out our free report on Jiang Su Yida ChemicalLtd's earnings, revenue and cash flow.

How Is Jiang Su Yida ChemicalLtd's Revenue Growth Trending?

In order to justify its P/S ratio, Jiang Su Yida ChemicalLtd would need to produce sluggish growth that's trailing the industry.

If we review the last year of revenue growth, the company posted a worthy increase of 8.0%. This was backed up an excellent period prior to see revenue up by 44% in total over the last three years. So we can start by confirming that the company has done a great job of growing revenues over that time.

Comparing that to the industry, which is predicted to deliver 24% 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 Jiang Su Yida ChemicalLtd's P/S sits below the majority of other companies. It seems most investors are expecting to see the recent limited growth rates continue into the future and are only willing to pay a reduced amount for the stock.

The Key Takeaway

The southerly movements of Jiang Su Yida ChemicalLtd's shares means its P/S is now sitting at a pretty low level. We'd say the price-to-sales ratio's power isn't primarily as a valuation instrument but rather to gauge current investor sentiment and future expectations.

As we suspected, our examination of Jiang Su Yida ChemicalLtd revealed its three-year revenue trends are contributing to its low P/S, given they look worse than current industry expectations. 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.

Plus, you should also learn about these 3 warning signs we've spotted with Jiang Su Yida ChemicalLtd (including 2 which are potentially serious).

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