Even With A 60% Surge, Cautious Investors Are Not Rewarding Rich Goldman Holdings Limited's (HKG:70) Performance Completely

The Rich Goldman Holdings Limited (HKG:70) share price has done very well over the last month, posting an excellent gain of 60%. Looking back a bit further, it's encouraging to see the stock is up 74% in the last year.

Although its price has surged higher, you could still be forgiven for feeling indifferent about Rich Goldman Holdings' P/S ratio of 1.1x, since the median price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio for the Hospitality industry in Hong Kong is also close to 0.7x. Although, it's not wise to simply ignore the P/S without explanation as investors may be disregarding a distinct opportunity or a costly mistake.

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How Rich Goldman Holdings Has Been Performing

Rich Goldman Holdings has been doing a good job lately as it's been growing revenue at a solid pace. Perhaps the market is expecting future revenue performance to only keep up with the broader industry, which has keeping the P/S in line with expectations. If you like the company, you'd be hoping this isn't the case so that you could potentially pick up some stock while it's not quite in favour.

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How Is Rich Goldman Holdings' Revenue Growth Trending?

The only time you'd be comfortable seeing a P/S like Rich Goldman Holdings' is when the company's growth is tracking the industry closely.

Retrospectively, the last year delivered a decent 13% gain to the company's revenues. The latest three year period has also seen an excellent 123% overall rise in revenue, aided somewhat by its short-term performance. So we can start by confirming that the company has done a great job of growing revenues over that time.

Comparing that recent medium-term revenue trajectory with the industry's one-year growth forecast of 13% shows it's noticeably more attractive.

In light of this, it's curious that Rich Goldman Holdings' P/S sits in line with the majority of other companies. It may be that most investors are not convinced the company can maintain its recent growth rates.

The Bottom Line On Rich Goldman Holdings' P/S

Rich Goldman Holdings appears to be back in favour with a solid price jump bringing its P/S back in line with other companies in the industry Using the price-to-sales ratio alone to determine if you should sell your stock isn't sensible, however it can be a practical guide to the company's future prospects.

To our surprise, Rich Goldman Holdings revealed its three-year revenue trends aren't contributing to its P/S as much as we would have predicted, given they look better than current industry expectations. It'd be fair to assume that potential risks the company faces could be the contributing factor to the lower than expected P/S. It appears some are indeed anticipating revenue instability, because the persistence of these recent medium-term conditions would normally provide a boost to the share price.

It is also worth noting that we have found 3 warning signs for Rich Goldman Holdings (2 are significant!) that you need to take into consideration.

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