Many Still Looking Away From Cambridge Cognition Holdings Plc (LON:COG)

When you see that almost half of the companies in the Healthcare Services industry in the United Kingdom have price-to-sales ratios (or "P/S") above 3.4x, Cambridge Cognition Holdings Plc (LON:COG) looks to be giving off very strong buy signals with its 1.2x P/S ratio. However, the P/S might be quite low for a reason and it requires further investigation to determine if it's justified.

Check out our latest analysis for Cambridge Cognition Holdings

How Cambridge Cognition Holdings Has Been Performing

Cambridge Cognition Holdings could be doing better as it's been growing revenue less than most other companies lately. The P/S ratio is probably low because investors think this lacklustre revenue performance isn't going to get any better. If this is the case, then existing shareholders will probably struggle to get excited about the future direction of the share price.

If you'd like to see what analysts are forecasting going forward, you should check out our free report on Cambridge Cognition Holdings.

What Are Revenue Growth Metrics Telling Us About The Low P/S?

Cambridge Cognition Holdings' 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.

If we review the last year of revenue, the company posted a result that saw barely any deviation from a year ago. However, a few strong years before that means that it was still able to grow revenue by an impressive 59% in total over the last three years. Accordingly, shareholders will be pleased, but also have some questions to ponder about the last 12 months.

Turning to the outlook, the next year should generate growth of 11% as estimated by the three analysts watching the company. With the industry predicted to deliver 11% growth , the company is positioned for a comparable revenue result.

With this in consideration, we find it intriguing that Cambridge Cognition Holdings' P/S is lagging behind its industry peers. It may be that most investors are not convinced the company can achieve future growth expectations.

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.

It looks to us like the P/S figures for Cambridge Cognition Holdings remain low despite growth that is expected to be in line with other companies in the industry. Despite average revenue growth estimates, there could be some unobserved threats keeping the P/S low. Perhaps investors are concerned that the company could underperform against the forecasts over the near term.

Having said that, be aware Cambridge Cognition Holdings is showing 2 warning signs in our investment analysis, you should know about.

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