Even With A 30% Surge, Cautious Investors Are Not Rewarding Rav-Bariach (08) Industries Ltd.'s (TLV:BRIH) Performance Completely

Rav-Bariach (08) Industries Ltd. (TLV:BRIH) shares have had a really impressive month, gaining 30% after a shaky period beforehand. Unfortunately, despite the strong performance over the last month, the full year gain of 9.8% isn't as attractive.

Although its price has surged higher, there still wouldn't be many who think Rav-Bariach (08) Industries' price-to-sales (or "P/S") ratio of 0.4x is worth a mention when the median P/S in Israel's Building industry is similar at about 0.7x. 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.

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What Does Rav-Bariach (08) Industries' P/S Mean For Shareholders?

For instance, Rav-Bariach (08) Industries' receding revenue in recent times would have to be some food for thought. 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 Rav-Bariach (08) Industries, take a look at this free data-rich visualisation to see how the company stacks up on earnings, revenue and cash flow.

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

In order to justify its P/S ratio, Rav-Bariach (08) Industries 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 8.3%. However, a few very strong years before that means that it was still able to grow revenue by an impressive 41% in total over the last three years. So we can start by confirming that the company has generally done a very good job of growing revenue over that time, even though it had some hiccups along the way.

Comparing that to the industry, which is only predicted to deliver 10.0% growth in the next 12 months, the company's momentum is stronger based on recent medium-term annualised revenue results.

With this information, we find it interesting that Rav-Bariach (08) Industries is trading at a fairly similar P/S compared to the industry. It may be that most investors are not convinced the company can maintain its recent growth rates.

What Does Rav-Bariach (08) Industries' P/S Mean For Investors?

Its shares have lifted substantially and now Rav-Bariach (08) Industries' P/S is back within range of the industry median. 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've established that Rav-Bariach (08) Industries currently trades on a 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 can only assume potential risks are what might be placing pressure on the P/S ratio. While recent revenue trends over the past medium-term suggest that the risk of a price decline is low, investors appear to see the likelihood of revenue fluctuations in the future.

Before you take the next step, you should know about the 3 warning signs for Rav-Bariach (08) Industries (2 shouldn't be ignored!) that we have uncovered.

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