Sentiment Still Eluding Bright Future Technology Holdings Limited (HKG:1351)

When close to half the companies operating in the Media industry in Hong Kong have price-to-sales ratios (or "P/S") above 0.8x, you may consider Bright Future Technology Holdings Limited (HKG:1351) as an attractive investment with its 0.1x P/S ratio. Although, it's not wise to just take the P/S at face value as there may be an explanation why it's limited.

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What Does Bright Future Technology Holdings' P/S Mean For Shareholders?

Recent times have been quite advantageous for Bright Future Technology Holdings as its revenue has been rising very briskly. Perhaps the market is expecting future revenue performance to dwindle, which has kept the P/S suppressed. 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 out of favour.

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Is There Any Revenue Growth Forecasted For Bright Future Technology Holdings?

In order to justify its P/S ratio, Bright Future Technology Holdings would need to produce sluggish growth that's trailing the industry.

If we review the last year of revenue growth, the company posted a terrific increase of 32%. Pleasingly, revenue has also lifted 100% in aggregate from three years ago, thanks to the last 12 months of growth. So we can start by confirming that the company has done a great job of growing revenue over that time.

Comparing that to the industry, which is only predicted to deliver 9.4% growth in the next 12 months, the company's momentum is stronger based on recent medium-term annualised revenue results.

In light of this, it's peculiar that Bright Future Technology Holdings' P/S sits below the majority of other companies. It looks like most investors are not convinced the company can maintain its recent growth rates.

The Bottom Line On Bright Future Technology Holdings' P/S

Typically, we'd caution against reading too much into price-to-sales ratios when settling on investment decisions, though it can reveal plenty about what other market participants think about the company.

We're very surprised to see Bright Future Technology Holdings currently trading on a much lower than expected P/S since its recent three-year growth is higher than the wider industry forecast. When we see strong revenue with faster-than-industry growth, we assume there are some significant underlying risks to the company's ability to make money which is applying downwards pressure on the P/S ratio. It appears many are indeed anticipating revenue instability, because the persistence of these recent medium-term conditions would normally provide a boost to the share price.

Don't forget that there may be other risks. For instance, we've identified 3 warning signs for Bright Future Technology Holdings (2 are a bit unpleasant) you should be aware of.

If you're unsure about the strength of Bright Future Technology Holdings' business, why not explore our interactive list of stocks with solid business fundamentals for some other companies you may have missed.

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