Fewer Investors Than Expected Jumping On Sosandar Plc (LON:SOS)

With a median price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of close to 0.7x in the Luxury industry in the United Kingdom, you could be forgiven for feeling indifferent about Sosandar Plc's (LON:SOS) P/S ratio of 0.4x. While this might not raise any eyebrows, if the P/S ratio is not justified investors could be missing out on a potential opportunity or ignoring looming disappointment.

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How Sosandar Has Been Performing

Sosandar could be doing better as its revenue has been going backwards lately while most other companies have been seeing positive revenue growth. One possibility is that the P/S ratio is moderate because investors think this poor revenue performance will turn around. If not, then existing shareholders may be a little nervous about the viability of the share price.

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How Is Sosandar's Revenue Growth Trending?

In order to justify its P/S ratio, Sosandar 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 20%. This has soured the latest three-year period, which nevertheless managed to deliver a decent 26% overall rise in revenue. So we can start by confirming that the company has generally done a good job of growing revenue over that time, even though it had some hiccups along the way.

Looking ahead now, revenue is anticipated to climb by 17% during the coming year according to the one analyst following the company. With the industry only predicted to deliver 2.4%, the company is positioned for a stronger revenue result.

In light of this, it's curious that Sosandar's P/S sits in line with the majority of other companies. It may be that most investors aren't convinced the company can achieve future growth expectations.

What We Can Learn From Sosandar'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 Sosandar currently trades on a lower than expected P/S since its forecasted revenue growth is higher than the wider industry. There could be some risks that the market is pricing in, which is preventing the P/S ratio from matching the positive outlook. However, if you agree with the analysts' forecasts, you may be able to pick up the stock at an attractive price.

It is also worth noting that we have found 2 warning signs for Sosandar that you need to take into consideration.

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