A Piece Of The Puzzle Missing From EGing Photovoltaic Technology Co.,Ltd.'s (SHSE:600537) 28% Share Price Climb

EGing Photovoltaic Technology Co.,Ltd. (SHSE:600537) shareholders are no doubt pleased to see that the share price has bounced 28% in the last month, although it is still struggling to make up recently lost ground. Unfortunately, the gains of the last month did little to right the losses of the last year with the stock still down 43% over that time.

Even after such a large jump in price, EGing Photovoltaic TechnologyLtd's price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of 0.5x might still make it look like a strong buy right now compared to the wider Semiconductor industry in China, where around half of the companies have P/S ratios above 6.5x and even P/S above 12x are quite common. However, the P/S might be quite low for a reason and it requires further investigation to determine if it's justified.

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What Does EGing Photovoltaic TechnologyLtd's P/S Mean For Shareholders?

Recent times have been quite advantageous for EGing Photovoltaic TechnologyLtd as its revenue has been rising very briskly. Perhaps the market is expecting future revenue performance to dwindle, which has kept the P/S suppressed. If that doesn't eventuate, then existing shareholders have reason to be quite optimistic about the future direction of the share price.

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How Is EGing Photovoltaic TechnologyLtd's Revenue Growth Trending?

EGing Photovoltaic TechnologyLtd's P/S ratio would be typical for a company that's expected to deliver very poor growth or even falling revenue, and importantly, perform much worse than the industry.

Retrospectively, the last year delivered an exceptional 55% gain to the company's top line. The strong recent performance means it was also able to grow revenue by 153% in total over the last three years. So we can start by confirming that the company has done a great job of growing revenue over that time.

It's interesting to note that the rest of the industry is similarly expected to grow by 37% over the next year, which is fairly even with the company's recent medium-term annualised growth rates.

With this in consideration, we find it intriguing that EGing Photovoltaic TechnologyLtd's P/S falls short of its industry peers. Apparently some shareholders are more bearish than recent times would indicate and have been accepting lower selling prices.

The Final Word

EGing Photovoltaic TechnologyLtd's recent share price jump still sees fails to bring its P/S alongside the industry median. 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.

Our examination of EGing Photovoltaic TechnologyLtd revealed its three-year revenue trends looking similar to current industry expectations hasn't given the P/S the boost we expected, given that it's lower than the wider industry P/S, There could be some unobserved threats to revenue preventing the P/S ratio from matching the company's performance. medium-term

It is also worth noting that we have found 1 warning sign for EGing Photovoltaic TechnologyLtd that you need to take into consideration.

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