Beijing Jingxi Culture & Tourism Co.,Ltd (SZSE:000802) Investors Are Less Pessimistic Than Expected

It's not a stretch to say that Beijing Jingxi Culture & Tourism Co.,Ltd's (SZSE:000802) price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of 7.5x right now seems quite "middle-of-the-road" for companies in the Entertainment industry in China, where the median P/S ratio is around 7.9x. 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 Beijing Jingxi Culture & TourismLtd's Recent Performance Look Like?

Recent times have been quite advantageous for Beijing Jingxi Culture & TourismLtd as its revenue has been rising very briskly. It might be that many expect the strong revenue performance to wane, which has kept the share price, and thus the P/S ratio, from rising. 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 not quite in favour.

Although there are no analyst estimates available for Beijing Jingxi Culture & TourismLtd, take a look at this free data-rich visualisation to see how the company stacks up on earnings, revenue and cash flow.

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

There's an inherent assumption that a company should be matching the industry for P/S ratios like Beijing Jingxi Culture & TourismLtd's to be considered reasonable.

Retrospectively, the last year delivered an exceptional 143% gain to the company's top line. However, this wasn't enough as the latest three year period has seen the company endure a nasty 3.7% drop in revenue in aggregate. Accordingly, shareholders would have felt downbeat about the medium-term rates of revenue growth.

Comparing that to the industry, which is predicted to deliver 23% growth in the next 12 months, the company's downward momentum based on recent medium-term revenue results is a sobering picture.

In light of this, it's somewhat alarming that Beijing Jingxi Culture & TourismLtd's P/S sits in line with the majority of other companies. It seems most investors are ignoring the recent poor growth rate and are hoping for a turnaround in the company's business prospects. Only the boldest would assume these prices are sustainable as a continuation of recent revenue trends is likely to weigh on the share price eventually.

The Final Word

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.

The fact that Beijing Jingxi Culture & TourismLtd currently trades at a P/S on par with the rest of the industry is surprising to us since its recent revenues have been in decline over the medium-term, all while the industry is set to grow. Even though it matches the industry, we're uncomfortable with the current P/S ratio, as this dismal revenue performance is unlikely to support a more positive sentiment for long. Unless the recent medium-term conditions improve markedly, investors will have a hard time accepting the share price as fair value.

We don't want to rain on the parade too much, but we did also find 2 warning signs for Beijing Jingxi Culture & TourismLtd (1 doesn't sit too well with us!) that you need to be mindful of.

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