Sky Blue 11 Company Limited's (HKG:1010) 32% Dip Still Leaving Some Shareholders Feeling Restless Over Its P/SRatio

Sky Blue 11 Company Limited (HKG:1010) shareholders won't be pleased to see that the share price has had a very rough month, dropping 32% and undoing the prior period's positive performance. The recent drop completes a disastrous twelve months for shareholders, who are sitting on a 57% loss during that time.

Even after such a large drop in price, you could still be forgiven for feeling indifferent about Sky Blue 11's P/S ratio of 1.4x, since the median price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio for the Semiconductor industry in Hong Kong is also close to 1.2x. 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.

Check out our latest analysis for Sky Blue 11

How Sky Blue 11 Has Been Performing

For example, consider that Sky Blue 11's financial performance has been poor lately as its revenue has been in decline. It might be that many expect the company to put the disappointing revenue performance behind them over the coming period, which has kept the P/S from falling. If you like the company, you'd at least be hoping this is the case so that you could potentially pick up some stock while it's not quite in favour.

Although there are no analyst estimates available for Sky Blue 11, take a look at this free data-rich visualisation to see how the company stacks up on earnings, revenue and cash flow.

How Is Sky Blue 11's Revenue Growth Trending?

In order to justify its P/S ratio, Sky Blue 11 would need to produce growth that's similar to the industry.

Taking a look back first, the company's revenue growth last year wasn't something to get excited about as it posted a disappointing decline of 37%. This has soured the latest three-year period, which nevertheless managed to deliver a decent 23% overall rise in revenue. Although it's been a bumpy ride, it's still fair to say the revenue growth recently has been mostly respectable for the company.

This is in contrast to the rest of the industry, which is expected to grow by 12% over the next year, materially higher than the company's recent medium-term annualised growth rates.

With this information, we find it interesting that Sky Blue 11 is trading at a fairly similar P/S compared to the industry. Apparently many investors in the company are less bearish than recent times would indicate and aren't willing to let go of their stock right now. Maintaining these prices will be difficult to achieve as a continuation of recent revenue trends is likely to weigh down the shares eventually.

The Key Takeaway

With its share price dropping off a cliff, the P/S for Sky Blue 11 looks to be in line with the rest of the Semiconductor industry. 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.

Our examination of Sky Blue 11 revealed its poor three-year revenue trends aren't resulting in a lower P/S as per our expectations, given they look worse than current industry outlook. Right now we are uncomfortable with the P/S as this revenue performance isn't likely to support a more positive sentiment for long. Unless there is a significant improvement in the company's medium-term performance, it will be difficult to prevent the P/S ratio from declining to a more reasonable level.

Having said that, be aware Sky Blue 11 is showing 4 warning signs in our investment analysis, and 2 of those are potentially serious.

If strong companies turning a profit tickle your fancy, then you'll want to check out this free list of interesting companies that trade on a low P/E (but have proven they can grow earnings).

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