Why Investors Shouldn't Be Surprised By PPHE Hotel Group Limited's (LON:PPH) P/S

There wouldn't be many who think PPHE Hotel Group Limited's (LON:PPH) price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of 1.2x is worth a mention when the median P/S for the Hospitality industry in the United Kingdom is similar at about 1x. 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 PPHE Hotel Group's Recent Performance Look Like?

With revenue growth that's superior to most other companies of late, PPHE Hotel Group has been doing relatively well. One possibility is that the P/S ratio is moderate because investors think this strong revenue performance might be about to tail off. If not, then existing shareholders have reason to be feeling optimistic about the future direction of the share price.

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How Is PPHE Hotel Group's Revenue Growth Trending?

PPHE Hotel Group's P/S ratio would be typical for a company that's only expected to deliver moderate growth, and importantly, perform in line with the industry.

Retrospectively, the last year delivered an exceptional 73% gain to the company's top line. Pleasingly, revenue has also lifted 50% in aggregate from three years ago, thanks to the last 12 months of growth. Accordingly, shareholders would have definitely welcomed those medium-term rates of revenue growth.

Turning to the outlook, the next year should generate growth of 6.6% as estimated by the four analysts watching the company. That's shaping up to be similar to the 8.1% growth forecast for the broader industry.

In light of this, it's understandable that PPHE Hotel Group's P/S sits in line with the majority of other companies. It seems most investors are expecting to see average future growth and are only willing to pay a moderate amount for the stock.

The Key Takeaway

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 seen that PPHE Hotel Group maintains an adequate P/S seeing as its revenue growth figures match the rest of the industry. At this stage investors feel the potential for an improvement or deterioration in revenue isn't great enough to push P/S in a higher or lower direction. If all things remain constant, the possibility of a drastic share price movement remains fairly remote.

It is also worth noting that we have found 2 warning signs for PPHE Hotel Group (1 can't be ignored!) that you need to take into consideration.

If these risks are making you reconsider your opinion on PPHE Hotel Group, explore our interactive list of high quality stocks to get an idea of what else is out there.

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