Revenues Working Against Suzhou Oriental Semiconductor Company Limited's (SHSE:688261) Share Price

Suzhou Oriental Semiconductor Company Limited's (SHSE:688261) price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of 5.2x might make it look like a buy right now compared to the Semiconductor industry in China, where around half of the companies have P/S ratios above 7.5x and even P/S above 12x are quite common. Although, it's not wise to just take the P/S at face value as there may be an explanation why it's limited.

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How Has Suzhou Oriental Semiconductor Performed Recently?

Suzhou Oriental Semiconductor could be doing better as it's been growing revenue less than most other companies lately. It seems that many are expecting the uninspiring revenue performance to persist, which has repressed the growth of the P/S ratio. If you still like the company, you'd be hoping revenue doesn't get any worse and that you could pick up some stock while it's out of favour.

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Is There Any Revenue Growth Forecasted For Suzhou Oriental Semiconductor?

The only time you'd be truly comfortable seeing a P/S as low as Suzhou Oriental Semiconductor's is when the company's growth is on track to lag the industry.

Taking a look back first, we see that the company managed to grow revenues by a handy 3.1% last year. The solid recent performance means it was also able to grow revenue by 28% in total over the last three years. So we can start by confirming that the company has actually done a good job of growing revenue over that time.

Turning to the outlook, the next year should generate growth of 25% as estimated by the sole analyst watching the company. Meanwhile, the rest of the industry is forecast to expand by 45%, which is noticeably more attractive.

In light of this, it's understandable that Suzhou Oriental Semiconductor's P/S sits below the majority of other companies. Apparently many shareholders weren't comfortable holding on while the company is potentially eyeing a less prosperous future.

The Bottom Line On Suzhou Oriental Semiconductor's P/S

Generally, our preference is to limit the use of the price-to-sales ratio to establishing what the market thinks about the overall health of a company.

We've established that Suzhou Oriental Semiconductor maintains its low P/S on the weakness of its forecast growth being lower than the wider industry, as expected. Shareholders' pessimism on the revenue prospects for the company seems to be the main contributor to the depressed P/S. It's hard to see the share price rising strongly in the near future under these circumstances.

Before you take the next step, you should know about the 1 warning sign for Suzhou Oriental Semiconductor that we have uncovered.

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