It's A Story Of Risk Vs Reward With Grenergy Renovables, S.A. (BME:GRE)

It's not a stretch to say that Grenergy Renovables, S.A.'s (BME:GRE) price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of 2.8x seems quite "middle-of-the-road" for Renewable Energy companies in Spain, seeing as it matches the P/S ratio of the wider industry. However, investors might be overlooking a clear opportunity or potential setback if there is no rational basis for the P/S.

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What Does Grenergy Renovables' Recent Performance Look Like?

Grenergy Renovables' negative revenue growth of late has neither been better nor worse than most other companies. The P/S ratio is probably moderate because investors think the company's revenue trend will continue to follow the rest of the industry. If you still like the company, you'd want its revenue trajectory to turn around before making any decisions. In saying that, existing shareholders probably aren't too pessimistic about the share price if the company's revenue continues tracking the industry.

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Is There Some Revenue Growth Forecasted For Grenergy Renovables?

In order to justify its P/S ratio, Grenergy Renovables would need to produce growth that's similar to the industry.

In reviewing the last year of financials, we were disheartened to see the company's revenues fell to the tune of 11%. Still, the latest three year period has seen an excellent 166% overall rise in revenue, in spite of its unsatisfying short-term performance. So we can start by confirming that the company has generally done a very good job of growing revenue over that time, even though it had some hiccups along the way.

Turning to the outlook, the next three years should generate growth of 20% per annum as estimated by the eight analysts watching the company. Meanwhile, the rest of the industry is forecast to only expand by 2.9% per annum, which is noticeably less attractive.

With this in consideration, we find it intriguing that Grenergy Renovables' P/S is closely matching its industry peers. It may be that most investors aren't convinced the company can achieve future growth expectations.

The Final Word

While the price-to-sales ratio shouldn't be the defining factor in whether you buy a stock or not, it's quite a capable barometer of revenue expectations.

Despite enticing revenue growth figures that outpace the industry, Grenergy Renovables' 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. At least the risk of a price drop looks to be subdued, but investors seem to think future revenue could see some volatility.

Having said that, be aware Grenergy Renovables is showing 3 warning signs in our investment analysis, you should know about.

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